Table of Contents

PrefaceIntroduction: Current Issues in Dead Sea Scrolls ResearchI: Archaeology of Khirbet Qumran and the Judaean Wilderness1. Khirbet Qumran and its Environs, Eric Meyers2. The Qumran Cemetery Reassessed, Rachel HachliliII: The Scrolls and Jewish History3. Constructing Ancient Judaism from the Scrolls, Martin D. Goodman4. The Origins and History of the Teacher's Movement, Michael O. Wise5. Women in Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls, Tal IlanIII: The Scrolls and Sectarianism6. Sectarian Communities in the Dead Sea Scrolls, John J. Collins7. The Classical Sources on the Essenes and the Scrolls Communities, Joan E. Taylor8. Sociological Approaches to Qumran Sectarianism, Jutta Jokiranta9. Qumran Calendars and Sectarianism, Sacha Stern10. The Book of Enoch and the Qumran Scrolls, James C. VanderKamIV: The Biblical Texts, Interpretation and Languages of the11. Assessing the Text-Critical theories of the Hebrew Bible after Qumran, Ronald S. Hendel12. Authoritative Scriptures and the Dead Sea Scrolls, Timothy H. Lim13. The Rewritten Scriptures, Molly Zahn14. The Continuity of Biblical Interpretation in the Qumran Scrolls and Rabbinic Literature, Bilha Nitzan15. Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek in the Qumran Scrolls, Jan JoostenReligious Themes in the Scrolls16. Purity in the Dead Sea Scrolls, Jonathan Klawans17. Apocalypticism and Messianism, Michael Knibb18. Exploring the Mystical Background fo the Dead Sea Scrolls, James R. Davila19. Wisdom Literature and Thought in the Dead Sea Scrolls, Armin Lange20. Iranian Connections in the Dead Sea Scrolls, Albert de Jong21. Was the Dead Sea Sect a Pentitential Movement?, David LambertVI: The Scrolls and Early Christianity22. Critical Issues in the Investigation of the Scrolls and the New Testament, Jorg Frey23. Monotheism, Principal Angels, and the Background of Christology, Larry Hurtado24. Shared Exegetical Traditions between the Scrolls and the New Testament, George J. BrookeThe Scrolls and Later Judaism25. Halakha between the Dead Sea Scrolls and Rabbinic Literature, Aharon Shemesh26. The Contribution of the Qumran Scrolls to the STudy of ANcient Jewish Liturgy, Daniel Falk27. Reviewing the Links between the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Cairo Genizah, Stefan ReifVIII: New Approaches to the Scrolls28. Rhetorical Criticism and the Reading of the Qumran Scrolls, Carol Newsom29. Roland Barthes and the Teacher of Righteousness, Maxine Grossman30. The Scrolls and the Legal Definition of Authorship, Hector L. MacQueen