Current Research and Technological Developments on the Dead Sea Scrolls
Subtitle: Conference on the Texts from the Judean Desert, Jerusalem, 30 April 1995 (Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah)
Contributors: Donald W. Parry (Editor); Stephen D. Ricks (Editor)
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
Published: October 1996
Language: eng; heb
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9789004106628
Subjects: Criticism & exegesis of sacred texts; Judaism; Religion; Interior Design - General; Religion - Judaism; Judaism - History; Judaism - Sacred Writings; Dead Sea Scrolls; Congresses
Description: This volume of conference papers (Jerusalem, 30 April 1995) presents new discoveries, updated information, and technological advances in the study of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Two papers examine the identity of the messiahs in 4Q246 and 4Q521. A thorough analysis of scribal markings in the Dead Sea texts is presented. Biblical studies include multiple literary editions of biblical texts, the book of Numbers at Qumran, and the appearance of the Tetragrammaton in 4QSam[superscript a] texts.

The notions of judgment and salvation according to Sapiential Work A are thoroughly examined, and the relationship of the six Barki Nafshi texts is carefully considered. New developments in the field of Dead Sea Scrolls studies include the Dead Sea Scrolls Database and DNA studies on the scrolls themselves.