History of the Jews and Judaism
Judean Nationalism in the Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls
David Goodblatt
3
The Kittim in the War Scroll and in the Pesharim
Hanan Eshel
29
Antiochus IV Epiphanes in Jerusalem
Daniel R. Schwartz
45
Shelamzion in Qumran: New Insights
Tal Ilan
57
Descriptions of the Jerusalem Temple in Josephus and the Temple Scroll
Lawrence H. Schiffman
69
Community and Covenant
The Concept of the Covenant in Qumran Literature
Bilhah Nitzan
85
"[T]he[y] Did Not Read in the Sealed Book": Qumran Halakhic Revolution and the Emergence of Torah Study in Second Temple Judaism
Adiel Schremer
105
Communal Fasts in the Judean Desert Scrolls
Noah Hacham
127
The Community of Goods among the First Christians and among the Essenes
Justin Taylor
147
Natural Sciences and the Scrolls
The Genetic Signature of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Gila Kahila Bar-Gal, Charles Greenblatt, Scott R. Woodward, Magen Broshi, and Patricia Smith
165
Analysis of Microscopic Material and the Stitching of the Dead Sea Scrolls: A Preliminary Study
Azriel Gorski
173
How Neutron Activation Analysis Can Assist Research into the Provenance of the Pottery at Qumran
Jan Gunneweg and Marta Balla
179
Index of Modern Authors
187
Index of Ancient Sources
91
