Eugene Ulrich

A Guide to the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Father Fitzmyer — a veteran scholar intimately involved in scrolls scholarship since the first discoveries, and blessed with an unsurpassed reputation for thoroughness and accuracy — has produced a portable gold mine of essential information on the Dead Sea Scrolls. This guide is encyclopedic in scope and detail, containing a broad array of classified lists of the manuscripts from Qumran and all other sites, outlines of major texts, catalogs of concordances and translations, bibliographies covering all aspects from archaeology and paleography to Halakah and the New Testament, and descriptions of valuable electronic resources.”

Religion in the Dead Sea Scrolls

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“This is a rich collection of essays on the religion embedded in the Dead Sea Scrolls. Authored by a group of first-rate scholars, it is a welcome and much-needed update on Ringgren's Faith of Qumran, incorporating, as it does, the wealth of newly published texts.”

Rewriting Scripture in Second Temple Times

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“The Scriptures were still developing and their boundaries shifting until the early Christian era. Sidnie White Crawford, having edited scrolls of both biblical and debatably parabiblical status, is uniquely qualified as a guide to the compositions along that newly illumined but ill-defined border. She provides a balanced, judicious, and eminently readable account of how a spectrum of recently discovered ancient authors developed their traditional Scriptures.”

Text and Tradition in Performance and Writing

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Horsley synthesizes recent research in five areas--socioeconomics, oral cultures with limited literacy, oral and written scribal cultivation of texts, the developing Scriptures at Qumran, and the so-called 'rewritten Bible' texts--and calls for a fundamental reorientation of scholarly preconceptions in approaching the study of the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. Emphasizing the oral origins of Second Temple and early Christian textual traditions, and arguing that most ancients encountered the Scriptures only in oral performances, he leads the reader through an enriching tour of selected texts. Scholars, as well as general readers, will appreciate the corrective lens Horsley provides for those who are immersed in a print culture.”

The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls, 2nd ed.

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Jodi Magness here provides the most up-to-date and balanced archaeological profile of the site connected with the Dead Sea Scrolls. With numerous theories floating around, it is refreshing to have available at last a well-researched analysis that is as well written as it is authoritative. The nonspecialist will find this book easily readable, with all terms clearly explained, while the specialist will find a solid, comprehensive analysis such as we have long desired.”