Qumran Cave 1, II: The Isaiah Scrolls Part 2: Introductions, Commentary, and Textual Variants [Discoveries in the Judaean Desert XXXII.2]. This item is unavailable.Qumran Cave 1, II: The Isaiah Scrolls Part 2: Introductions, Commentary, and Textual Variants [Discoveries in the Judaean Desert XXXII.2]

DJD XXXII presents the first full critical edition of the Great Isaiah Scroll (1QIsaa) and the Hebrew University Isaiah Scroll (1QIsab) in the style of the Discoveries in the Judaean Desert series. That is, whereas the photographs and transcriptions have been available since the 1950s, this volume provides a fresh transcription of all the known fragments, notes clarifying readings that are problematic either physically or palaeographically, and the first comprehensive catalogue of the textual variants.

Part 1 contains the photographic plates (1QIsaa in colour) with the transcriptions on facing pages for easy comparison. Part 2 contains the introduction, notes, and the catalogue of variants; The introduction narrates the discovery, purchase, and early publication of these two manuscripts, which are part of the earliest discoveries and among the most significant biblical scrolls.

Eugene Ulrich is John A. O'Brien Professor of Hebrew Scriptures at the University of Notre Dame and Chief Editor of the Qumran Biblical Scrolls. Peter W. Flint is Canada Research Chair in Dead Sea Scroll Studies and Director of the Dead Sea Scrolls Institute at Trinity Western University in British Columbia, Canada.