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Zusatztext The result is a great work with excellent essays, which not only marks a decade of scrolls scholarship, butâmore importantlyâ is a farewell to an era of consensus and authoritative views and the welcoming of scholarly disagreement and discourse. Klappentext In 1946 the first of the Dead Sea Scroll discoveries was made near the site of Qumran, at the northern end of the Dead Sea. Despite the much publicized delays in the publication and editing of the Scrolls, practically all of them had been made public by the time of the fiftieth anniversary of the first discovery. That occasion was marked by a spate of major publications that attempted to sum up the state of scholarship at the end of the twentieth century, including The Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls (OUP 2000). These publications produced an authoritative synthesis to which the majority of scholars in the field subscribed, granted disagreements in detail.A decade or so later, The Oxford Handbook of the Dead Sea Scrolls has a different objective and character. It seeks to probe the main disputed issues in the study of the Scrolls. Lively debate continues over the archaeology and history of the site, the nature and identity of the sect, and its relation to the broader world of Second Temple Judaism and to later Jewish and Christian tradition. It is the Handbook's intention here to reflect on diverse opinions and viewpoints, highlight the points of disagreement, and point to promising directions for future research. Zusammenfassung In 1946 the first of the Dead Sea Scroll discoveries was made near the site of Qumran, at the northern end of the Dead Sea. Despite the much publicized delays in the publication and editing of the Scrolls, practically all of them had been made public by the time of the fiftieth anniversary of the first discovery. That occasion was marked by a spate of major publications that attempted to sum up the state of scholarship at the end of the twentieth century, including The Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls (OUP 2000). These publications produced an authoritative synthesis to which the majority of scholars in the field subscribed, granted disagreements in detail. A decade or so later, The Oxford Handbook of the Dead Sea Scrolls has a different objective and character. It seeks to probe the main disputed issues in the study of the Scrolls. Lively debate continues over the archaeology and history of the site, the nature and identity of the sect, and its relation to the broader world of Second Temple Judaism and to later Jewish and Christian tradition. It is the Handbook's intention here to reflect on diverse opinions and viewpoints, highlight the points of disagreement, and point to promising directions for future research. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction: Current Issues in Dead Sea Scrolls Research I: Archaeology of Khirbet Qumran and the Judaean Wilderness 1: Eric Meyers: Khirbet Qumran and its Environs 2: Rachel Hachlili: The Qumran Cemetery Reassessed II: The Scrolls and Jewish History 3: Martin D. Goodman: Constructing Ancient Judaism from the Scrolls 4: Michael O. Wise: The Origins and History of the Teacher's Movement 5: Tal Ilan: Women in Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls III: The Scrolls and Sectarianism 6: John J. Collins: Sectarian Communities in the Dead Sea Scrolls 7: Joan E. Taylor: The Classical Sources on the Essenes and the Scrolls Communities 8: Jutta Jokiranta: Sociological Approaches to Qumran Sectarianism 9: Sacha Stern: Qumran Calendars and Sectarianism 10: James C. VanderKam: The Book of Enoch and the Qumran Scrolls IV: The Biblical Texts, Interpretation and Languages of the 11: Ronald S. Hendel: Assessing the Text-Critical theories of the Hebrew Bible after Qumran 12: Timothy H. Lim: Authoritative Scriptures and the Dead Sea Scrolls 13: Molly Zahn: The Rewritten Scriptures 14: Bilha Nitzan:...
