Lawrence H. Schiffman

Dead Sea Scrolls expert Lawrence H. Schiffman shifts attention away from the sensationalism surrounding who has control of the scrolls by focusing on how these texts shed light on the history of Judaism and early Christianity.

The History of Judaism, the Background of Christianity, the Lost Library of Qumran

Reclaiming the Dead Sea Scrolls

Sol Scharfstein

Ethel and Irvine Edelman Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies Lawrence H Schiffman, PH D

A History of Second Temple and Rabbinic Judaism

From Text to Tradition

Armin Lange

Kerstin Mayerhofer

Dina Porat

This volume documents the transformation of age-old antisemitic stereotypes into a new form of discrimination, often called "New Antisemitism" or "Antisemitism 2.0." Manifestations of antisemitism in political, legal, media and other contexts are reflected on theoretically and contemporary developments are analyzed with a special focus on online hatred. The volume points to the need for a globally coordinated approach on the political and legal levels, as well as with regard to the modern media, to effectively combat modern antisemitism.

Confronting Antisemitism in Modern Media, the Legal and Political Worlds

This volume brings together studies which relate to the interpenetration of Semitic and Greco-Roman traditions of papyrus writing in the antique Middle East.

A Climate of Creativity : Papers from a New York University Conference Marking the Retirement of Baruch A. Levine

Semitic Papyrology in Context

Joel B. Wolowelsky

"With focus centered on the United States' involvement in Iraq and Israel's ongoing war with terrorism, the sixteenth annual meeting of the Orthodox Forum in March 2004 took up the question of War, Peace, and the Jewish Tradition, the papers of which are published here."--BOOK JACKET.

War and Peace in the Jewish Tradition

The Halakhah at Qumran

This volume traces the history of antisemitism from antiquity through contemporary manifestations of the discrimination of Jews. It documents the religious, sociological, political and economic contexts in which antisemitism thrived and thrives and shows how such circumstances served as support and reinforcement for a curtailment of the Jews’ social status. The volume sheds light on historical processes of discrimination and identifies them as a key factor in the contemporary and future fight against antisemitism.

Comprehending Antisemitism through the Ages: A Historical Perspective

With the full publication of the Dead Sea Scrolls come major changes in our understanding of these fascinating texts and their significance for the study of the history of Judaism and Christianity. One of the most significant changes that one cannot study Qumran without Jerusalem nor Jerusalem without Qumran is explored in this important volume. / Although the Scrolls preserve the peculiar ideology of the Qumran sect, much of the material also represents the common beliefs and practices of the Judaism of the time. Here Lawrence Schiffman mines these incredible documents to reveal their significance for the reconstruction of the history of Judaism. His investigation brings to life a period of immense significance for the history of the Western world.

Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the History of Judaism

Qumran and Jerusalem

Matthew S. Goldstone

Binding Fragments of Tractate Temurah and the Problem of Lishana ’Aḥarina offers a critical edition of a Talmud manuscript discovered in the New York University library and presents a discussion of the manuscript’s restoration, provenance, and unusual features.

Binding Fragments of Tractate Temurah and the Problem of Lishana Aḥarina

This volume provides a compendium of the history of and discourse about antisemitism - both as a unique cultural and religious category. Antisemitic stereotypes function as religious symbols that express and transmit a belief system of Jew-hatred, which are stored in the cultural and religious memories of the Western and Muslim worlds, migrating freely between Christian, Muslim and other religious symbolic systems.

A Multi-Faceted Approach

Comprehending and Confronting Antisemitism

Courts, Testimony, and the Penal Code

Sectarian Law in the Dead Sea Scrolls

James C. VanderKam

Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls

A Source Reader for the Study of Second Temple and Rabbinic Judaism

Texts and Traditions

Andrew D. Gross

"In this volume, Schiffman and Gross present a new edition of all of the manuscript evidence for the Temple Scroll from Qumran. It includes innumerable new readings and restorations of all of the manuscripts as well as a detailed critical apparatus comparing the manuscripts of the Temple Scroll as well as Qumran biblical manuscripts and the ancient versions. Each manuscript is provided with a new translation, and a commentary is presented for the main text. Also included are a general introduction, bibliography of published works on the text, catalog of photographic evidence, and concordance including all vocables in all the manuscripts and their restorations. This work promises to move research on the Temple Scroll to a new level"--

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The Temple Scroll

Adolfo D. Roitman

Shani Tzoref

This volume contains the proceedings of the international conference held at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem in July 2008 in honor of the 60th anniversary of the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Proceedings of the International Conference held at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem (July 6-8, 2008)

The Dead Sea Scrolls and Contemporary Culture

This volume engages with antisemitic stereotypes as religious symbols that express and transmit a belief system of Jew-hatred. These religious symbols are stored in Christian, Muslim and even today’s secular cultural and religious memories. This volume explores how antisemitic religious symbol systems can play a key role in the construction of group identities.

Confronting Antisemitism from the Perspectives of Christianity, Islam, and Judaism

Counter Discovered in 1947 by a Bedouin shepherd, the Dead Sea Scrolls are a collection of 800 manuscripts nearly one thousand years older than any other writings of the Hebrew Scriptures. Ever since, these mysterious documents have raised many questions. What do the scrolls tell us about the people who wrote them? What information do they have about early Christianity and Second Temple Judaism? How do they confirm or contradict what we thought we knew about the Bible? Featuring 450 articles by an international community of scholars, the Encyclopedia is the definitive account of what we know about the Dead Sea Scrolls--their history, relevance, meaning, and the controversies that surround them. With contributions from 100 distinguished scholars representing diverse traditions and fields of learning, this volume offers the most comprehensive critical synthesis of current knowledge about the Dead Sea Scrolls. Along with viewing the works in their historical, archaeological, linguistic, and religious contexts, the archaeological evidence is explored and the methods used to date, document and preserve the manuscripts are explained. With extensive cross-references, blind entries and an index, this definitive reference work provides authoritative answers and information for all readers.

Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls: N-Z

William W. Hallo

Baruch A. Levine

Robert Chazan

A huge festschrift comprising 41 essays exploring mainly textual perspectives on Ancient Near Eastern and Jewish history and religious practice.

Lawrence H. Schiffman

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