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(Con)textual Perspectives on the Dead Sea Scrolls
Proceedings of the Seventeenth International Orion Symposium, February 28âMarch 3, 2022. Published in Honor of Esther G. Chazon
Series: - Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah, Volume: 157
The Seventeenth Orion Symposium, held online, invited scholars to present research-in-progress, and to relate their texts to diverse literary, cultural, historical, and methodological contexts, including social sciences and manuscript studies. In some cases, authors reexamined published texts with the help of digital technologies and computational approaches, and suggested new contexts for understanding the significance of minute details. The volume is dedicated to Esther Chazon, who conceived of the symposium, in recognition of her many contributions to the Orion Center and to the field of Scrolls studies.
Ruth A. Clements, ThD (1997) Harvard University, is the Orion Centerâs Head of Publications. She coedited The Dead Sea Scrolls at Seventy: âClear a Path in the Wilderness!â (Brill, 2024).
Michael B. Johnson, PhD (2019) McMaster University, is incoming Head of English Publications at the Orion Center. He has published on early Jewish poetry and the digital material reconstruction of Dead Sea Scrolls.
Noam Mizrahi, PhD (2009), teaches in the Department of Bible, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and directs the Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls. He publishes on biblical prophetic literature, ancient Hebrew poetry, and the Dead Sea Scrolls, including Pesher Habakkuk (2022).
Michael Segal, PhD (2004), Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is the Father Takeji Otsuki Professor of Bible and Editor of the Hebrew University Bible Project. He has authored monographs on Jubilees and Daniel; edited a textual edition of the Twelve Prophets; and published numerous other studies.
Michael B. Johnson, PhD (2019) McMaster University, is incoming Head of English Publications at the Orion Center. He has published on early Jewish poetry and the digital material reconstruction of Dead Sea Scrolls.
Noam Mizrahi, PhD (2009), teaches in the Department of Bible, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and directs the Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls. He publishes on biblical prophetic literature, ancient Hebrew poetry, and the Dead Sea Scrolls, including Pesher Habakkuk (2022).
Michael Segal, PhD (2004), Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is the Father Takeji Otsuki Professor of Bible and Editor of the Hebrew University Bible Project. He has authored monographs on Jubilees and Daniel; edited a textual edition of the Twelve Prophets; and published numerous other studies.
Preface
List of Figures and Tables
Abbreviations
Contributors
In Honor of Esther G. Chazon
Publications of Esther G. Chazon
Tabula Gratulatoria
1 Resistance and Rebellion against the Kittim: Reading Sectarian Texts in Their Roman Context
âOren Ableman
2 The Sectarian Association and Eschatological Israel
âJohn J. Collins
3 How Anthropomorphic is the God of the Scrolls?
âJutta Jokiranta
4 Cosmic and Universal Dimensions of Divine Law and Implanted Knowledge of Good and Evil in Second Temple Literature
âMenahem Kister
5 Scriptural Texts in Context: The Material Culture of Writing and the Textual Plurality of the Second Temple Period
âArmin Lange
6 A Gulf between Us? The Study of Qumran and Non-Qumran Texts that Rewrite the Bible
âAtar Livneh
7 âA Case of Identityâ: The Interpretive Transmission of Isaiah as Witnessed by 4QIsag (4Q61)
âNoam Mizrahi
8 The Maskil, the Teacher of Righteousness, and the Development of the Hodayot
âCarol A. Newsom
9 Conceptions of the Collective Between the Yaḥad and the Early Rabbis
âTzvi Novick
10 Assessing the Maresha Ostracon as a Palaeographic Anchor Point for Dating the Nash Papyrus and Some of the Oldest Qumran Manuscripts
âMladen PopoviÄ and Eibert J.C. Tigchelaar
11 Geography and Theology: The Shape of the Earth in 1â¯Enoch 18 and Its Cultural Surroundings
âEshbal Ratzon
12 Rewriting the Final Apocalypse of Daniel
âMichael Segal
13 The Book of Enoch: Why the Aramaic Scrolls Matter
âLoren T. Stuckenbruck
14 A Response and Some Ways Forward
âGeorge J. Brooke
15 The Context of Contexts: Symposium Roundup
âLawrence H. Schiffman
Index of Modern Authors
Index of Ancient Sources
List of Figures and Tables
Abbreviations
Contributors
In Honor of Esther G. Chazon
Publications of Esther G. Chazon
Tabula Gratulatoria
1 Resistance and Rebellion against the Kittim: Reading Sectarian Texts in Their Roman Context
âOren Ableman
2 The Sectarian Association and Eschatological Israel
âJohn J. Collins
3 How Anthropomorphic is the God of the Scrolls?
âJutta Jokiranta
4 Cosmic and Universal Dimensions of Divine Law and Implanted Knowledge of Good and Evil in Second Temple Literature
âMenahem Kister
5 Scriptural Texts in Context: The Material Culture of Writing and the Textual Plurality of the Second Temple Period
âArmin Lange
6 A Gulf between Us? The Study of Qumran and Non-Qumran Texts that Rewrite the Bible
âAtar Livneh
7 âA Case of Identityâ: The Interpretive Transmission of Isaiah as Witnessed by 4QIsag (4Q61)
âNoam Mizrahi
8 The Maskil, the Teacher of Righteousness, and the Development of the Hodayot
âCarol A. Newsom
9 Conceptions of the Collective Between the Yaḥad and the Early Rabbis
âTzvi Novick
10 Assessing the Maresha Ostracon as a Palaeographic Anchor Point for Dating the Nash Papyrus and Some of the Oldest Qumran Manuscripts
âMladen PopoviÄ and Eibert J.C. Tigchelaar
11 Geography and Theology: The Shape of the Earth in 1â¯Enoch 18 and Its Cultural Surroundings
âEshbal Ratzon
12 Rewriting the Final Apocalypse of Daniel
âMichael Segal
13 The Book of Enoch: Why the Aramaic Scrolls Matter
âLoren T. Stuckenbruck
After Words
14 A Response and Some Ways Forward
âGeorge J. Brooke
15 The Context of Contexts: Symposium Roundup
âLawrence H. Schiffman
Index of Modern Authors
Index of Ancient Sources
Scholars of the Dead Sea Scrolls and other Second Temple literature; of early Christianity, textual and literary criticism, history of interpretation; those involved in ancient manuscript studies using digital technologies.