Discoveries in the Judaean Desert

Discoveries in the Judaean Desert (or DJD) is the official, 40-volume, publication series that serves as the editio princeps for the Dead Sea Scrolls.[1] It is published by Oxford University Press.[2] Volume 39 provides an introduction for, and summaries of, the preceding 38 volumes.

History

The first wave of publication took place between 1955 and 1982. In this period material from the findings at Qumran was published over seven volumes. Chief Editor of this project was John Strugnell of Harvard Divinity School.[3][1] Towards the end of the 1980's there was some controversy, in the academic community, surrounding the pace of publication. [3][1][4][5]

In 1990, soon after this period of controversy, Dr. Emanuel Tov, of Hebrew University in Jerusalem, took over as editor in chief. [2] In the ten years leading up to 2001 Dr. Tov and his team issued 28 volumes.[2] Another 4 volumes followed, as well as 2 concordances, before Tov resigned as editor in 2009.[5] Important editorial work on the biblical scrolls were carried out by Eugene Ulrich, who, for a number of years, assumed special responsibility for this task.[6]

Reviews and debate

Knohl [7] reviewed Discoveries in the Judaean Desert, Volume 10: Qumran Cave 4, V. Miqṣat Ma῾ase ha-Torah. He complimented the work of the editors, Strugnell and Qimron, but suggested a different dating for the scroll than the dating stated by the authors.

List of Volumes

  • Discoveries in the Judaean Desert, volume 17: Frank More Cross, Donald W. Parry, Richard Saley and Eugene Ulrich (Editors) Qumran Cave 4. XII. 1–2 Samuel. Pp. xix + 267 . 17 Plates. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2005
  • Discoveries in the Judaean Desert, volume 40: Hartmut Stegemann with Eileen Schuller (Editors). Translation of Texts by Carol Newsom. Qumran Cave 1. III. 1QHodayota with Incorporation of 1QHodayotb and 4QHodayot a–f. Pp. xxi + 402 + 29 plates. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2009

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Lim, Timothy H. (2005) The Dead Sea Scrolls. A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press
  2. 1 2 3 Wilford, J.N. "Team Is Ready to Publish Full Set of Dead Sea Scrolls". New York Times, November 15, 2001
  3. 1 2 Wilford, J.N. "Keepers of Dead Sea Scrolls Accused of Blocking Research". New York Times, June 26, 1989
  4. ↑ Grossman, R. "Copies Of Dead Sea Scrolls To Go Public - Release Would End Scholars' Dispute". The Seattle Times, Sunday, September 22, 1991
  5. 1 2 Howard, A. (Oct 31, 2013) "Dead Sea Scrolls Scholar To Speak On The Scribes". (Jewish Herald-Voice) jhvonline.com, retrieved 09.28.2018
  6. ↑ Williamson, H. G. M. "Qumran Cave 1. II: The Isaiah Scrolls. Part 1: Plates and Transcriptions. Part 2: Introductions, Commentary, and Textual Variants. By Eugene Ulrich and Peter W. Flint, with a contribution by Martin G. Abegg, Jr." The Journal of Theological Studies, Volume 63, Issue 1, 1 April 2012, Pages 230–234, https://doi.org/10.1093/jts/fls004
  7. ↑ Knohl, Israel. Review Essay: "Re-Considering the Dating and Recipient of Miqṣat Ma῾ase ha-Torah". Hebrew Studies, 37 (1996)
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