This subsection offers resources on major book series on the Dead Sea Scrolls and select monographs. Use the drop-down menu for information.
Getting Started
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 (Online) 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.