The Dead Sea Scrolls and Contemporary Culture - Proceedings of the International Conference Held at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem (July 6-8, 2008)

This volume contains the proceedings of the international conference held at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem in July 2008 in honor of the 60th anniversary of the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

About the author

Adolfo D. Roitman, PhD (1993, Jerusalem), Lizbeth and George Krupp Curator of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Head of the Shrine of the Book in the Israel Museum, Jerusalem. His latest book is Biblia, exégesis y religión. Una lectura crítica-histórica del judaísmo (Verbo Divino, forthcoming).

Lawrence H. Schiffman is Edelman Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies and Chair of the Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University. His latest book is Qumran and Jerusalem: Studies on the Dead Sea Scrolls and the History of Judaism (Eerdmans, 2010).

Shani Tzoref, PhD (2001), Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, New York University, is currently a Research Associate with the Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies at the University of Sydney. Her publications in the field of Dead Sea Scrolls and early biblical interpretation include The Pesher Nahum Scroll from Qumran (Brill 2004).

Product details

• Assisted by: Adolfo D Roitman (Editor), Adolfo D. Roitman (Editor), Lawrence H Schiffman (Editor), Lawrence H. Schiffman (Editor), Shani Tzoref (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.03.2011
• EAN: 9789004185937
• ISBN: 978-90-04-18593-7
• No. of pages: 792
• Weight: 1423 g
• Series: Studies on the Texts of the De
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Religious writings, prayers, songbooks, religious meditations