The Dead Sea Scrolls at Qumran and the Concept of a Library

Sidnie White Crawford

ISBN 10: 9004301828 / ISBN 13: 9789004301825

Published by Brill, NL, 2015

About this Item

The Dead Sea Scrolls at Qumran and the Concept of a Library presents twelve articles by renowned experts in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Qumran studies. These articles explore from various angles the question of whether or not the collection of manuscripts found in the eleven caves in the vicinity of Khirbet Qumran can be characterized as a "library," and, if so, what the relation of that library is to the ruins of Qumran and the group of Jews that inhabited them. The essays fall into the following categories: the collection as a whole, subcollections within the overall corpus, and the implications of identifying the Qumran collection as a library.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Dead Sea Scrolls at Qumran and the Concept of a Library
• Publisher: Brill, NL
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004301828
• ISBN 13: 9789004301825
• Binding: Leather Bound
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 15.5W x 2.5H x 23.5D centimeters 15.5 centimeters width by 2.5 centimeters height by 23.5 centimeters depth
• Weight: 688 grams

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Synopsis

The Dead Sea Scrolls at Qumran and the Concept of a Library presents twelve articles by renowned experts in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Qumran studies. These articles explore from various angles the question of whether or not the collection of manuscripts found in the eleven caves in the vicinity of Khirbet Qumran can be characterized as a “library,” and, if so, what the relation of that library is to the ruins of Qumran and the group of Jews that inhabited them. The essays fall into the following categories: the collection as a whole, subcollections within the overall corpus, and the implications of identifying the Qumran collection as a library.

About the Author

Sidnie White Crawford, Ph.D. (1988), Harvard University, is Willa Cather Professor of Classics and Religious Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She has published critical editions, articles and monographs on the Dead Sea Scrolls, including Rewriting Scripture in Second Temple Times (Eerdmans, 2008).

Cecilia Wassen, Ph.D. (2004), McMaster University, is an Associate Professor at Uppsala University. She has published numerous articles and edited several books on the Dead Sea Scrolls. She is the author of Women in the Damascus Document (SBL, 2005).