Discoveries in the Judaean Desert XXXII

Qumran Cave 1.II: The Isaiah Scrolls: Part 1: Plates and Transcriptions

Peter W Flint editor Eugene Ulrich editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Published:27th Jan '11

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Discoveries in the Judaean Desert XXXII cover

DJD XXXII presents the first full critical edition of the Great Isaiah Scroll (1QIsa]a) and the Hebrew University Isaiah Scroll (1QIsa]b), which constitute almost 30% of all the preserved biblical material, in the styles of the DJD series. That is, whereas the photographs and transcriptions have been available since the 1950s, this volume provides a fresh transcription of all the known fragments, notes clarifying problematic readings, and the first comprehensive catalogue of the textual variants. It is not, and cannot be, a comprehensive analysis of all these highly influential manuscripts, on which innumerable studies have been published over the past half century. Part 1 contains the photographic plates (1QIsa]a in colour) with the transcriptions on facing pages for easy comparison. Part 2 contains the introductions, notes, and catalogue of variants. The main introduction narrates the discovery and early history of these two manuscripts.

  • Winner of Winner of the 2011 Biblical Archaeology Society Publication Award for the Best Book Relating to the Hebrew Bible.

ISBN: 9780199566662

Dimensions: 319mm x 239mm x 17mm

Weight: 938g

184 pages