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 … Continue reading Andrew Perrin on the Aramaic Dead Sea Scrolls
Tag: biblical Dead Sea Scrolls
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). … Continue reading The Committee’s Goal & Guiding Principles
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, … Continue reading The Early History of OT 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 … Continue reading Overview of the Hebrew Old Testament Text Project
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 … Continue reading Freedman and Kuhlken on Canon
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 … Continue reading More Vermes on the Canon
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, … Continue reading Martin G. Abegg on Electronic Dead Sea Scrolls
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 … Continue reading DSS Software: Available Texts
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 … Continue reading DSS Software: Necessary Background Information
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 … Continue reading Review of DSS Software
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