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The Dead Sea Scrolls at Seventy: âClear a Path in the Wilderness!â
Proceedings of the Sixteenth International Symposium of the Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature, Cosponsored by the University of Vienna, New York University, the Israel Antiquities Authority, and the Israel Museum
Series: - Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah, Volume: 147
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The Sixteenth Orion Symposium celebrated seventy years of Dead Sea Scrolls research under the theme, âClear a path in the wilderness!â (Isaiah 40:3). Papers use the wilderness rubric to address the self-identification of the Qumran group; dimensions of religious experience reflected in the Dead Sea writings; biblical interpretation as shaper and conveyor of that experience; the significance of the Qumran texts for critical biblical scholarship; points of contact with the early Jesus movement; and new developments in understanding the archaeology of the Qumran caves. The volume both honors past insights and charts new paths for the future of Qumran studies.
Esther G. Chazon, Professor Emerita, Hebrew Literature, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is the outgoing Director of the Orion Center and serves on the Steering Committee of the International Organization for Qumran Studies and the Editorial Board of Dead Sea Discoveries.
Ruth A. Clements, ThD (1997) Harvard University, is the Orion Centerâs Head of Publications. She coedited The Textual History of the Bible from the Dead Sea Scrolls to the Biblical Manuscripts of the Vienna Papyrus Collection (Brill, 2023).
Armin Lange is professor of Second Temple Judaism and Antisemitism Studies at the University of Vienna. He has published on the Hebrew Bible, its textual criticism, Second Temple Judaism, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the religious history of antisemitism.
Adolfo D. Roitman, PhD (1993) Hebrew University, is Curator of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Head of the Shrine of the Book at The Israel Museum, Jerusalem. He publishes on the Scrolls and early Judaism, including The Dead Sea Scrolls and Contemporary Culture (Brill, 2011).
Lawrence H. Schiffman, PhD (1974) Brandeis University, is Global Distinguished Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University. He publishes on the Dead Sea Scrolls, ancient Judaism, and rabbinic literature, most recently co-editing The Temple Scroll (Brill, 2021).
Pnina Shor served as an archaeologist at the Israel Antiquities Authority from 1978â2020, first as field archaeologist, then in managerial roles, and from 2010 as Curator and Head of Dead Sea Scrolls Projects.
Ruth A. Clements, ThD (1997) Harvard University, is the Orion Centerâs Head of Publications. She coedited The Textual History of the Bible from the Dead Sea Scrolls to the Biblical Manuscripts of the Vienna Papyrus Collection (Brill, 2023).
Armin Lange is professor of Second Temple Judaism and Antisemitism Studies at the University of Vienna. He has published on the Hebrew Bible, its textual criticism, Second Temple Judaism, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the religious history of antisemitism.
Adolfo D. Roitman, PhD (1993) Hebrew University, is Curator of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Head of the Shrine of the Book at The Israel Museum, Jerusalem. He publishes on the Scrolls and early Judaism, including The Dead Sea Scrolls and Contemporary Culture (Brill, 2011).
Lawrence H. Schiffman, PhD (1974) Brandeis University, is Global Distinguished Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University. He publishes on the Dead Sea Scrolls, ancient Judaism, and rabbinic literature, most recently co-editing The Temple Scroll (Brill, 2021).
Pnina Shor served as an archaeologist at the Israel Antiquities Authority from 1978â2020, first as field archaeologist, then in managerial roles, and from 2010 as Curator and Head of Dead Sea Scrolls Projects.
Contents
Foreword
List of Figures
Abbreviations
Contributors
1 Roland de Vauxâs Excavations of the Qumran Caves (1949â1956), Final Report
âCave 11Q as a Starting Point
âMarcello Fidanzio
2 The General Geological History and Formation of the Qumran Caves
âAmos Frumkin
3 A Wilderness of Texts?
âThe Textual Plurality of the Torah and Quotations of Its Wilderness Narrative in the Dead Sea Scrolls
âArmin Lange
4 Vox clamantis in deserto: the History of the Interpretation and Misinterpretation of Isaiah 40:3
âEmanuel Tov
5 The Significance of the Wilderness for the Yaḥad of the Scrolls
âJohn J. Collins
6 From Sinai to Qumran: Moses in the Qumran Texts
âDevorah Dimant
7 Does the Use of Isaiah 40:3 Necessarily Point to the Wilderness?
âJohn Kampen
8 âThe Covenant of the First Ones,â and Their Chastisement
âLeviticus 26:43â45 at Qumran
âZachary I. Levine
9 This Must Be the Place
âThe Zadokite Exodus in the Dead Sea Scrolls
âCorrado Martone
10 Revelation and Prophecy in the Wilderness
âSteven D. Fraade
11 The Wilderness in the Copper Scroll (3Q15)
âJesper Høgenhaven
12 Flying over the Great Desert
âWilderness in the Cosmology of the Book of Giants and Related Texts
âSøren Holst
13 Inverted World and Wilderness Imagery in 4Q179
âGideon R. Kotzé
14 Conceptualizing Wilderness
âPoetic Processes and Reading Practices in the Hodayot and the Apostrophe to Zion
âHindy Najman
15 The Wilderness, Damascus, and the Land
âNotions of Place in Sectarian Community Building
âEyal Regev
16 The Desert Tabernacle and the Temple of the Temple Scroll
âLawrence H. Schiffman
17 The Wilderness-Period Account in the Apocalypse of Weeks (1 Enoch 93:6) in Its Enochic Context
âLoren T. Stuckenbruck
18 Locating the Wilderness in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament
âA Study in Mutual Illumination
âGeorge J. Brooke
19 Between Wilderness Experiences and the Heavenly Presence
âA Comparison of Motifs in Hebrews and 1QSerekh ha-Yaḥad
âMichael R. Jost
20 The Woman in the Wilderness and the Wings of the Eagle in Revelation 12:14
âHermann Lichtenberger
21 Wilderness Space, Wilderness Time, Wilderness People
âDaniel L. Smith
Index
Foreword
List of Figures
Abbreviations
Contributors
Part 1: The Judean Desert and the Qumran Caves
1 Roland de Vauxâs Excavations of the Qumran Caves (1949â1956), Final Report
âCave 11Q as a Starting Point
âMarcello Fidanzio
2 The General Geological History and Formation of the Qumran Caves
âAmos Frumkin
Part 2: Textual Criticism of Biblical Wilderness Texts
3 A Wilderness of Texts?
âThe Textual Plurality of the Torah and Quotations of Its Wilderness Narrative in the Dead Sea Scrolls
âArmin Lange
4 Vox clamantis in deserto: the History of the Interpretation and Misinterpretation of Isaiah 40:3
âEmanuel Tov
Part 3: Wilderness and Identity in Texts from Qumran
5 The Significance of the Wilderness for the Yaḥad of the Scrolls
âJohn J. Collins
6 From Sinai to Qumran: Moses in the Qumran Texts
âDevorah Dimant
7 Does the Use of Isaiah 40:3 Necessarily Point to the Wilderness?
âJohn Kampen
8 âThe Covenant of the First Ones,â and Their Chastisement
âLeviticus 26:43â45 at Qumran
âZachary I. Levine
9 This Must Be the Place
âThe Zadokite Exodus in the Dead Sea Scrolls
âCorrado Martone
Part 4: Conceptualizing Wilderness in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Texts
10 Revelation and Prophecy in the Wilderness
âSteven D. Fraade
11 The Wilderness in the Copper Scroll (3Q15)
âJesper Høgenhaven
12 Flying over the Great Desert
âWilderness in the Cosmology of the Book of Giants and Related Texts
âSøren Holst
13 Inverted World and Wilderness Imagery in 4Q179
âGideon R. Kotzé
14 Conceptualizing Wilderness
âPoetic Processes and Reading Practices in the Hodayot and the Apostrophe to Zion
âHindy Najman
15 The Wilderness, Damascus, and the Land
âNotions of Place in Sectarian Community Building
âEyal Regev
16 The Desert Tabernacle and the Temple of the Temple Scroll
âLawrence H. Schiffman
17 The Wilderness-Period Account in the Apocalypse of Weeks (1 Enoch 93:6) in Its Enochic Context
âLoren T. Stuckenbruck
Part 5: Early Christian Wildernesses in Their Early Jewish Contexts
18 Locating the Wilderness in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament
âA Study in Mutual Illumination
âGeorge J. Brooke
19 Between Wilderness Experiences and the Heavenly Presence
âA Comparison of Motifs in Hebrews and 1QSerekh ha-Yaḥad
âMichael R. Jost
20 The Woman in the Wilderness and the Wings of the Eagle in Revelation 12:14
âHermann Lichtenberger
21 Wilderness Space, Wilderness Time, Wilderness People
âDaniel L. Smith
Index
Scholars of the Dead Sea Scrolls and other Second Temple literature, of early Christianity, of biblical textual criticism and history of interpretation, and of the archaeology of the Judean Desert.