The Dead Sea Scrolls Reader, Volume 1 - Texts Concerned with Religious Law, Exegetical Texts and Parabiblical Texts

This is volume 1 of a two volume set, which replaces the six volumes of the first edition. This volume contains Texts concerned with Religious Law, Exegetical Texts and Parabiblical Texts.

This second and revised edition of the Dead Sea Scollr Reader forms an updated and expanded publication, as follows:
- DSSR II Replaces Preliminary Editions of DSSR I with fine-tuned, published editions.
- DSSR II Presents Improved or Revised Texts
- DSSR II Features Texts Not Published in DSSR I.
- DSSR II Reassembles Segmented Texts.
- DSSR II Deletes Extremely Fragmentary Texts.
- DSSR II Updates Names of Compositions.
- Quotations in Pesharim and Commentaries.
- Indecipherable Words/Single Letters.

About the author

Donald W. Parry(1992), Professor of Hebrew Bible Studies, holds the Abraham O. Smoot Professorship at Brigham Young University. He is
a member of the International Team of Editors of the Dead Sea Scrolls and author or (co)editor of a number of books on the scrolls and the Hebrew Bible.

Emanuel Tov, Ph.D. (1974) in Biblical Studies, Hebrew University, is J.L. Magnes Professor of Bible at the Hebrew University and the former Editor-in-Chief of the Dead Sea Scrolls Publications Project. He has published several books on textual criticism and on the Scrolls.

Product details

• Assisted by: Donald W Parry (Editor), Donald W. Parry (Editor), Emanuel Tov (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.11.2013
• EAN: 9789004264618
• ISBN: 978-90-04-26461-8
• No. of pages: 1132
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 238 mm x 45 mm
• Weight: 1905 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Religious writings, prayers, songbooks, religious meditations