This subsection offers resources on major book series on the Dead Sea Scrolls and select monographs. Use the drop-down menu for information.
Book Series on Dead Sea Scrolls
Studies on the Texts of the Desert of JudahContains scholarly translation and evaluation of Biblical texts from the papyri and manuscripts of Wadi Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls, and related bibliographic, linguistic, cultural and historical aspects of ancient Judaism and early Christianity. Over 250 monographs.
Library of Second Temple StudiesThis book series promotes diverse aspects of Second Temple Judaism studies, including innovative work from historical perspectives, studies using social-scientific and literary theory, and developing theological, cultural and contextual approaches.
Texts and Studies in Ancient JudaismThis series deals with any aspect of Judaism in antiquity from the Second Temple Period to the period of tannaitic and amoraic rabbinic literature. Includes volumes on editions, translations and commentaries of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Early Judaism and Its LiteraturePublishes works on the history, culture, and literature of Second Temple Judaism the Dead Sea Scrolls, and Jewish apocrypha and pseudepigrapha.
Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related LiteratureA series that focuses on how the Scrolls revise and help shape our understanding of the formation of the Bible and the historical development of Judaism and Christianity.
Ancient Judaism and Early ChristianityThe series, which includes monographs and collections of essays, covers a range of topics, typically focusing on areas of mutual influence or points of controversy between Judaism and Christianity in the first centuries CE, including the influence of the Dead Seas Scrolls on Christianity.
Biblica et OrientaliaA series on biblical studies that includes some monographs on the Dead Sea Scrolls.
An Introduction to the Complete Dead Sea Scrolls by Geza VermesThis thoroughly revised and updated version of The Dead Sea Scrolls: Qumran in Perspective is useful as a textbook for courses in Dead Sea Scrolls, the Hebrew Bible, or the New Testament. It has been a standard work in the field for the past thirty years.
The Dead Sea Scrolls: A Biography by John J. CollinsTells the story of the bitter conflicts that have swirled around the scrolls since their startling discovery and sheds light on their true significance for Jewish and Christian history.
A Guide to the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature by S. J. Joseph A. FitzmyerExplains the conventional system of abbreviations for the Scrolls, lists specifically where readers can find each of the Scrolls and fragmentary texts from the eleven caves of Qumran and all the related sites, and supplies information on study tools helpful for scholars -- concordances, dictionaries, translations, outlines of longer texts, and more -- and briefly indicates electronic resources for the study of the Dead Sea Scrolls.