The Scrolls Turn Seventy: An Online Anniversary Series

Ancient Jew Review is partnering with Trinity Western University Dead Sea Scrolls Institute to host a series of reviews and forums commemorating the 70th anniversary of the discovery of the Qumran scrolls. 

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The Community Rule Manuscript Tradition from Qumran and the Growth of Ancient Jewish Texts
The Community Rule Manuscript Tradition from Qumran and the Growth of Ancient Jewish Texts

Dr. Charlotte Hempel on tracing the complex textual evolution of 1QS. Celebrating #DSSat70 with @twudssi.

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The Multiple Faces and Phases of Texts at Qumran: Growth, Expansion, and Rewriting in Community Documents
The Multiple Faces and Phases of Texts at Qumran: Growth, Expansion, and Rewriting in Community Documents

Dr. Menahem Kister on the phases and faces of Qumran sectarian writings. 

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Reflections on the Textual Development of the Pentateuch in Light of Documented Evidence
Reflections on the Textual Development of the Pentateuch in Light of Documented Evidence

Dr. Drew Longacre on scribal intervention and innovation in the Pentateuch at Qumran. Celebrating #DSSat70 with @twudssi.

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Insights into the Growth of Biblical Literature from the Dead Sea Scrolls
Insights into the Growth of Biblical Literature from the Dead Sea Scrolls

Dr. Reinhard Kratz on Qumran and compositional growth of biblical texts. Celebrating #DSSat70 with @twudssi.

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The Compositions Relating to the Levitical Line in the Qumran Aramaic Scrolls
The Compositions Relating to the Levitical Line in the Qumran Aramaic Scrolls

Dr. Liora Goldman on priestly tradition, wisdom, and apocalypticism in the Qumran Aramaic texts.

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Between Mesopotamia and Qumran: Cuneiform Literature and Jewish Aramaic Texts of the Second Temple Period
Between Mesopotamia and Qumran: Cuneiform Literature and Jewish Aramaic Texts of the Second Temple Period

Dr. Henryk Drawnel on cultural competition and critique between Mesopotamia and Qumran.

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The Inception and Idiom of the Apocalypse in the Qumran Aramaic Texts
The Inception and Idiom of the Apocalypse in the Qumran Aramaic Texts

Dr. Andrew Perrin on the origins of the apocalypse in ancient Judaism.

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Aramaic Tobit at Qumran
Aramaic Tobit at Qumran

Dr. Devorah Dimant on marriage, demons, burials, and halakhah in Tobit and Qumran.

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The Aramaic Language of the Dead Sea Scrolls: Why it Matters and What Lies Ahead
The Aramaic Language of the Dead Sea Scrolls: Why it Matters and What Lies Ahead

Dr. Daniel Machiela on the linguistic makeup Aramaic at Qumran and the Bible.

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The Choice of Aramaic and Hebrew: Ideological Considerations
The Choice of Aramaic and Hebrew: Ideological Considerations

Dr. Jonathan Ben-Dov on the ideology of language choice in ancient Judaism

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Book Reviews

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Scriptures and Sectarianism: Essays on the Dead Sea Scrolls
Scriptures and Sectarianism: Essays on the Dead Sea Scrolls

Together the essays of this volume explore the themes of Scriptures and Sectarianism from a variety of lenses, ranging from close study of specific texts to broad assessments of scriptural authority and meaning-making in the Second Temple Period. 

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Turning Torah Towards Proverbs: 4Q525 in Late Second Temple Perspective
Turning Torah Towards Proverbs: 4Q525 in Late Second Temple Perspective

Carson Bay reviews Turning Proverbs towards Torah: an Analysis of 4Q525 by Elisa Uusimäki as part of our joint #Scrollsat70 celebration with @TWUDSSI.

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Reading the Scrolls and Experiencing Qumran Archaeology with Hanan Eshel
Reading the Scrolls and Experiencing Qumran Archaeology with Hanan Eshel

As part of our joint celebration of the #DSSat70 with @TWUDSSI, Josh Matson reviews “Exploring the Dead Sea Scrolls,” a collection of essays by Hanan Eshel.

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The Scope and Shape of the Watchers Myth in Antiquity

Dr. Daniel Machiela’s review of the Myth of the Rebellious Angels.

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The Developmental Composition of the Bible in View of Qumran

David Sigrist reviews Ulrich’s magnum opus on the developmental composition of the bible.

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Entreaty and Emotion, Theory and Texts: Studies in Second Temple Jewish Prayers
Entreaty and Emotion, Theory and Texts: Studies in Second Temple Jewish Prayers

Andrew Krause’s review on emotion and theory in ancient Jewish prayer texts.

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The Evolution and Experience of Repentance at Qumran
The Evolution and Experience of Repentance at Qumran

Dr. Carmen Palmer reviews Jason Mark on repentance and religious experience at Qumran.

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Sociolinguistics and the Hodayot (Thanksgiving Hymns)
Sociolinguistics and the Hodayot (Thanksgiving Hymns)

Michael Johnson reviews Hasselbalch’s sociolinguistic approach to the the Hodayot.

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War, Violence, and Peace in the Dead Sea Scrolls
War, Violence, and Peace in the Dead Sea Scrolls

Mike DeVries on the Abegg Festshcrift: war, peace, and violence in the Dead Sea Scrolls.

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The Anniversary Series is edited by

Dr. Andrew Perrin (Trinity Western University), Dr. Andrew Krause (University of Münster),

Dr. Jessica Keady (University of Chester), and Spencer Jones (Trinity Western University).

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