The Biblical Qumran Scrolls: Transcriptions and Textual Variants (Vetus Testamentum, Supplements) by Professor of Hebrew Scriptures Eugene Ulrich (PDF)

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The Biblical Qumran Scrolls presents all the Hebrew biblical manuscripts recovered from the eleven caves at Qumran. It provides a transcription of each identifiable fragment in consecutive biblical order together with the textual variants it contains. These manuscripts antedate by a millennium the previously available Hebrew manuscripts. They are the oldest, the best, and the most authentic witnesses to the texts of the Scriptures as they circulated in Jerusalem and surrounding regions at the time of the birth of Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism. The purpose is to collect in a single volume all the biblical editions originally published in a wide variety of books and articles.

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Editorial Reviews: Review ” Ces quelques remarques, à la suite d’un rapide survol, veulent simplement être utiles pour une réédition du livre qui est appelé à rendre de grands services aux biblistes qui trouveront là l’essentiel de la documentation dispersée dans les éditions et d’autres études, rassemblée par un spécialiste des manuscrits bibliques, pour en avoir édité le plus grand nombre. On lui sera très reconnaissant d’avoir pris la patience d’éditer ce magnifique ouvrage.” Émile Puech (researcher with the Laboratoire des Études sémitiques anciennes at the Collège de France and board member of the ‘Revue de Qumran’ journal.) About the Author Eugene Ulrich, Ph.D. (Harvard 1975) is O’Brien Professor of Hebrew Scriptures at the University of Notre Dame and Chief Editor of the Biblical Scrolls. He has published six volumes of scrolls in the official series Discoveries in the Judaean Desert.

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⭐This is probably the most important edition yet for the textual criticism purposes of the Old Testament of the Bible. It presents the hebrew and aramaic (and a few greek) transcriptions of the scrolls and fragments of the Old Testament that survived. It unfortunately does not include all the fragments of the old testament texts, since many of them are too small to have any significant comprehension or analysis or they depart so much from the traditional text, that they are viewed as as nonbiblical. Despite that flaw this is a very affordable edition compared to the other scholarly versions of the Dead Sea Scrolls out there. The only superior edition is the DJD series, but that is probably somewhere between 1000-2000 dollars if you want the complete fragments of the old testament text. whereas this version is not the complete, but it is all the “important” fragments and scrolls of the Old Testament texts that were found in the DSS, and costs only between 100-200 dollars. For someone who cannot afford the DJD edition, this inexpensive edition is extremely valuable and crucial to any true scholar of the Bible.A great feature in this text is its citation references; it includes extensive comparison to the most important manuscript versions of the Bible, giving however only a very rare attention to versions like the Armenian and Ethiopic texts. in particular, it compares the DSS reading to the Aramaic Targums, the Syriac versions (especially the Peshitta), the primary divisions of the Septuagint, the traditional Masoretic text, the Samaritan version for the Torah, and the Latin Vulgate version. I am a bit critical of some of their reconstructions and I also have to question the accuracy of some of their transcriptions (its likely they sometimes misread the original msnuscripts and noted a difference that simply is not there), but notwithstanding, because of its extensive references to the major versions, this is a highly valuable version, so any errors on the transcribers part should be able to be corrected if the student is diligent and wisely analyses the differences. The majority of their reconstructions are fairly reliable, but a few are questionable; they it should be warned have an uncanny preference for the Masoretic text in their reconstruction of the surrounding portions of text which were not found in the DSS but are presented to help the reader comprehend the context of the fragments found. This preference of the Masoretic text in the reconstructions is incredibly deceptive to the gullible student who gives too much credence to the accuracy and quality of these scholarly works.

⭐With this I was finally able to acquire a hard copy of the text in the Biblical Dead Sea Scrolls. Nothing else compares.

⭐A great resource, especially if you’re interested in the original Hebrew and not translations. Worth the money for the serious student.

⭐If you want to read the Qumran scrolls in Hebrew, without translation, this is it.

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