The Bible as book
Subtitle: the Hebrew Bible and the Judaean desert discoveries
By: edited by Edward D. Herbert and Emanuel Tov
Contributors: Herbert, Edward D; Tov, Emanuel
Publisher: British Library ; New Castle, DE : Oak Knoll Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 360
Subjects: Dead Sea scrolls -- Congresses; Bible. -- O.T. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- Congresses; Dead Sea scrolls -- Relation to the Old Testament -- Congresses
Description: The fourth in the series The Bible as Book, this volume charts the extraordinary developments witnessed over the last fifty years, since the chance discovery in 1947 of biblical scrolls in a cave in the vicinity of the Dead Sea. This collection of articles represents cutting-edge research by an international team of scholars. Together, they chart the findings and controversies sparked off by the discovery and publication of some 900 scrolls which have transformed our understanding of the state of the biblical text at the turn of the last millennium. With subjects encompassing 'rewritten' scriptures, canonical development, and the ramifications of the Qumran discoveries for modern textual criticism and the Bible today, this accessible volume holds something for both scholar and lay person alike, and marks a major contribution to the field of Qumran studies
Notes: Papers from a conference at Hampton Court, Herefordshire, England, June 2000

Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-326) and indexes
Table of contents: title: Contributors; title: List of Illustrations; title: Preface / Edward D. Herbert and Emanuel Tov; title: Introduction / Edward D. Herbert and Emanuel Tov; title: Part I: Canonical Development: The Crystallization of the 'Canon of Hebrew Scriptures' in the Light of Biblical Scrolls from Qumran / Shemaryahu Talmon; title: The Status of the Biblical Texts in the Qumran Corpus and the Canonical Process / Armin Lange; title: Part II: Rewritten Scriptures at Qumran: The Rewritten Law, Prophets and Psalms: Issues for Understanding the Text of the Bible / George J. Brooke; title: The Wording of Biblical Citations in Some Rewritten Scriptural Works / James C. VanderKam; title: The Enochic Literature and the Bible: Intertextuality and its Implications / Philip S. Alexander; title: Part III: The Bible as Used and Quoted in the Non-Biblical Texts from Qumran Biblical Quotations in the Pesharim and the Text of the Bible - Methodological Considerations / Timothy H. Lim; title: Biblical Quotations in the Community Rule / Sarianna Metso; title: The Cave 4 Damascus Document Manuscripts and the Text of the Bible / Eibert Tigchelaar; title: Biblical Quotations and Allusions in 4QApocryphal Lamentations (4QI79) / Jesper Hogenhaven; title: 4Q Tales of the Persian Court (4Q55oa'e) and its Relation to Biblical Royal Courtier Tales, especially Esther, Daniel and Joseph / Sidnie White Crawford; title: Part IV: Text and Textual Criticism in the Light of the Qumran Discoveries: The Biblical Texts from the Judaean Desert - an Overview and Analysis of  the Published Texts / Emanuel Tov; title: The Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible before and after the Qumran Discoveries / Arie van der Kooij; title: The Absence of 'Sectarian Variants' in the Jewish Scriptural Scrolls Found at Qumran / Eugene Ulrich; title: The Kaige Recension of Samuel: Light from 4QSama / Edward D. Herbert; title: Unique Readings in 4QSama / Donald W. Parry; title: IQIsaa and QIsab: a Rematch / Martin G. Abegg, Jr.; title: The Book of Isaiah in the Dead Sea Scrolls / Peter W. Flint; title: Part V: The Qumran Biblical Texts Today: Textual Influence of the Qumran Scrolls on English Bible Versions / Stephen C. Daley; title: Text, Truth and Tradition: the Public's View of the Bible in the Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls / Harold P. Scanlin; title: Abbreviations; title: Bibliography; title: Index of Ancient Texts; title: General Index