Title: The Dead Sea Scrolls
First published: July 2007
Description: The discovery of the Scrolls in the Judean Desert -- Archaeology of the Qumran site: the caves, buildings, and cemeteries -- Dating the scrolls found at Qumran -- The Bible before the scrolls -- The Biblical scrolls -- The Dead Sea scrolls and the Biblical text -- The scrolls, the Apocrypha, and the Pseudepigrapha -- The shape and contents of the Scriptures used at Qumran -- The Nonbiblical scrolls -- The movement associated with Qumran and its place in early Judaism -- Religious thought and practice reflected in the Qumran scrolls.
Subjects: Dode-Zeerollen, Judaism, Qumran community, Bible, Relation to the Old Testament, Criticism, interpretation, Qumrantexte, Dead Sea scrolls, Post-exilic period (Judaism), Relation to the Bible, Qumrangemeinde, 11.26 movements within Judaism, History, Qumransekte