Tag: biblical Dead Sea Scrolls

• Andrew Perrin on the Aramaic Dead Sea Scrolls

  Ancient Jew Review has posted an interview I did recently with Andrew Perrin on his new book The Dynamics of Dream-Vision Revelation in the Aramaic Dead Sea Scrolls (V&R, 2015). Here’s a portion of the interview where Andrew is explaining the topic of the book and its intersection with modern scholarship: Highlighting the centrality of dream-visions to the thought world of the Aramaic […]

  Brian Davidson

  October 14, 2015

  Aramaic, Bible, Dead Sea Scrolls, Uncategorized

  Andrew Perrin, biblical Dead Sea Scrolls, Published

• The Committee’s Goal & Guiding Principles

  This post provides some reading notes on chapter 2 of Dominique Barthélemy’s Studies in the Text of the Old Testament: An Introduction to the Hebrew Old Testament Text Project, trans. Stephen Pisano et al., Textual Criticism and the Translator 3 (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2012). Earlier posts provide notes on the Introduction and part 1, […]

  Brian Davidson

  January 28, 2015

  Aramaic, Bible, Dead Sea Scrolls, Greek, Hebrew

  biblical Dead Sea Scrolls, Dominique Barthélemy, Hebrew Old Testament Text Project, James Sanders, LXX, Septuagint, Textual Criticism

• The Early History of OT Textual Criticism

  This post provides some reading notes on chapter 1 of on Dominique Barthélemy’s Studies in the Text of the Old Testament: An Introduction to the Hebrew Old Testament Text Project, trans. Stephen Pisano et al., Textual Criticism and the Translator 3 (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2012). An earlier post provides notes on the Introduction. Chapter […]

  Brian Davidson

  January 27, 2015

  Aramaic, Bible, Dead Sea Scrolls, Greek, Hebrew

  biblical Dead Sea Scrolls, Dominique Barthélemy, Hebrew Old Testament Text Project, James Sanders, LXX, Septuagint, Textual Criticism

• Overview of the Hebrew Old Testament Text Project

  This post is some reading notes on the introductory essay in Dominique Barthélemy’s Studies in the Text of the Old Testament: An Introduction to the Hebrew Old Testament Text Project, trans. Stephen Pisano et al., Textual Criticism and the Translator 3 (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2012). The volume opens with an essay from James Sanders introducing Dominique […]

  Brian Davidson

  January 17, 2015

  Aramaic, Bible, Dead Sea Scrolls, Greek, Hebrew

  biblical Dead Sea Scrolls, Dominique Barthélemy, Hebrew Old Testament Text Project, James Sanders, LXX, Septuagint, Textual Criticism

• Freedman and Kuhlken on Canon

  The people who put together the Bible as we know it were very concerned with completeness. Their decisions were not random or haphazard. I believe that the Bible was put together around 400 B.C., well before the time of the Essenes at Qumrân, and that we can glimpse the compilers’ intentions by examining the Bible’s […]

  Brian Davidson

  September 4, 2014

  Bible, Dead Sea Scrolls

  biblical Dead Sea Scrolls, Canon, frank

• More Vermes on the Canon

  There is an overwhelming consensus in the most recent scholarship that there was no such thing as “Bible” or “canon” in the Second Temple period, and that is why I find it so entertaining how boldly and shamelessly Vermes says things like this: Some colleagues found the phrase, “Rewritten Bible” anachronistic. It is maintained  by […]

  Brian Davidson

  July 28, 2014

  Bible, Dead Sea Scrolls

  biblical Dead Sea Scrolls, Canon, Geza Vermes, Textual Criticism

• Martin G. Abegg on Electronic Dead Sea Scrolls

  One person stands behind all electronic versions of the Dead Sea Scrolls: Martin G. Abegg, professor and co-director of the Dead Sea Scrolls Institute at Trinity Western University. His name and infamous Mac computer are mentioned in almost every history of the Dead Sea Scrolls, but we wanted to give him the opportunity to tell […]

  Brian Davidson

  September 20, 2013

  Accordance, Aramaic, Bible, Dead Sea Scrolls, Hebrew, Productivity

  Bible Software, BibleWorks, biblical Dead Sea Scrolls, Ken Penner, Logos, Logos Bible Software, Martin Abegg, Martin G- Abbeg, sectarian manuscripts

• DSS Software: Available Texts

  This is the second post of a series in which I am reviewing the four major options for electronically accessing the Dead Sea Scrolls. The plan for this series is posted here.  Logos, BibleWorks, and Accordance all offer electronic Dead Sea Scrolls in the original languages and in translation. Brill also sells the Dead Sea Scrolls Electronic […]

  Brian Davidson

  September 11, 2013

  Accordance, Aramaic, Bible, Dead Sea Scrolls, Greek, Hebrew, Productivity

  Bible Software, BibleWorks, biblical Dead Sea Scrolls, Brill, Dead Sea Scrolls Electronic LIbrary, Logos, Logos Bible Software

• DSS Software: Necessary Background Information

  This is the first post of a series in which I will review the Dead Sea Scrolls resources available in Logos, BibleWorks, Accordance, and in Brill’s Dead Sea Scrolls Electronic Library. I posted my plan for the series, but if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to let me know in the comments. […]

  Brian Davidson

  September 6, 2013

  Accordance, Dead Sea Scrolls, Productivity

  Bible Software, BibleWorks, Bibleworks 9, biblical Dead Sea Scrolls, Brill, Dead Sea Scrolls Electronic LIbrary, Logos, Logos Bible Software

• Review of DSS Software

  I have begun posting a multi-part comparative review of Dead Sea Scrolls resources in Logos, BibleWorks, Accordance, and Brill’s Dead Sea Scrolls Electronic Library. The current plan is to do 7 posts, one on each of these topics: Necessary background information Available DSS texts Interview: Ken Penner talks with Martin Abegg, the person behind all electronic […]

  Brian Davidson

  September 4, 2013

  Accordance, Dead Sea Scrolls, Productivity

  BibleWorks, Bibleworks 9, biblical Dead Sea Scrolls, Brill, Dead Sea Scrolls Electronic LIbrary, Logos, Logos Bible Software