Esta é a mais completa e confiável coletânea dos textos de
Qumran existente em português. O livro oferece ao leitor uma tradução dos 250
manuscritos não-bíblicos mais importantes procedentes de Qumran, feita por um
dos maiores especialistas na área, García Martínez, membro da equipe oficial
encarregada de publicar os manuscritos e ex-diretor do Qumrân Instituut da
Universidade de Groningen, Holanda.
Esta obra oferece informação sólida e atual sobre a
produção literária, a estrutura social, as concepções religiosas dos
essênios de Qumran e suas relações com as origens do cristianismo. Alguns dos
trabalhos buscam também introduzir o leitor no palco da pesquisa e da
discussão científica em torno de Qumran.
Golb desafia o consenso tradicional sobre a autoria dos
manuscritos de Qumran. O autor procura mostrar que os rolos são os escritos de
diversos grupos do judaísmo antigo que ficavam guardados em bibliotecas de
Jerusalém e que foram dali retirados pouco antes do ataque romano de 70 d.C.
Esta obra é composta de artigos escritos por grandes
especialistas nos Manuscritos do Mar Morto e é fonte essencial para a
compreensão dos mesmos e das controvérsias que eles suscitam. Os artigos foram
extraídos das revistas Biblical
Archaeology Review e da Bible Review, das quais Hershel Shanks é
o fundador e editor.
VANDERKAM, James C., Os
Manuscritos do Mar Morto Hoje, traduzido do inglês por Rubens
Figueiredo, Rio de Janeiro, Objetiva, 1995, 240 pp.
Este é um livro introdutório sobre os Manuscritos do Mar
Morto, destinado a um público amplo. Escrito por um dos mais respeitados
membros da equipe internacional encarregada da tradução e interpretação dos
manuscritos.
:: Mais recursos para o estudo dos
Manuscritos do Mar Morto podem ser encontrados aqui
e aqui.
This volume offers a provocative new view of the ideology of the
Qumran sect, the ancient desert community closely related to the Dead Sea
Scrolls. Grabriele Boccaccini moves beyond the Essene hypothesis and posits a
unique relationship between what he terms "Enochic Judaism" and the
group traditionally know as the Essenes. Boccaccini argues that the literature
of Qumran betrays the core of an ancient and distinct variety of Second Temple
Judaism. Tracing the development of this tradition, Boccaccini shows that the
Essene community at Qumran was really the offspring of the Enochic party, which
in turn contributed to the birth of parties led by John the Baptist and Jesus.
These three volumes, the very best of critical scholarship from the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Israel, demonstrate in detail how the scrolls have revolutionized our knowledge of the text of the Bible, the character of Second Temple Judaism, and the Jewish beginnings of Christianity. The authors are leading scholars in this field and no other publication has collected so many interesting contributions about the largest finding of biblical and Jewish texts in the last century. Edited by
J. H. Charlesworth, Professor of New Testament Language and Literature and Editor and Director of the
Princeton Theological Seminary Dead Sea Scrolls
Project.
An introduction and 12 essays originally presented as
papers at a conference held at St. Andrews in 2001 dedicated to the
importance of the Dead Sea Scrolls for understanding subsequent traditions
of Christianity and Judaism. The essays are organized into four
categories: The Dead Sea Scrolls and Rabbinic Literature; The Dead Sea
Scrolls and Early Christianity; The Dead Sea Scrolls and Pauline and
Deutero-Pauline Literature; The Dead Dea Scrolls and Jewish and Christian
Liturgy, Mysticism, and Messianism. All essays are in English (cf. cf.
OTA 27:1, February 2004, # 750).
The Dead Sea Scrolls after Fifty Years is being
published to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the discovery of the first scrolls
at Qumran. The two-volume set contains a comprehensive set of cutting-edge
articles on a wide range of topics that are archaeological, historical,
literary, sociological, or theological in character. The contributors to these
volumes form an international team of leading specialists in the field. They
have written critical surveys of particular aspects of Dead Sea Scrolls
research, focusing on significant developments, theories and conclusions, while
also indicating directions for future study.
GARCÍA MARTÍNEZ, F.; TIGCHELAAR, E. J. C. (ed.)
The Dead Sea Scrolls Study Edition I-II. Leiden: Brill, 2000, vol I:
xxiv + 628 p.; vol. II: v +734 p. - ISBN 9789004115477
This is a practical reference tool to facilitate access to the
Qumran collection of the Dead Sea Scrolls. It contains newly edited Hebrew and
Aramaic transcriptions and English translations of the non-biblical scrolls on
facing pages, arranged by serial number from Cave 1 to Cave 11. In addition, it
offers a summary of the contents of the biblical scrolls from Qumran. Each
Q-number is provided with a heading which contains the essential information on
the text and selected bibliographical references. Although unidentified and
unclassified fragments have been omitted, and no snippets of manuscripts have
been reproduced, this edition aims to be complete for the non-biblical scrolls.
The work is primarily intended for classroom use and for use by specialists from
other disciplines who need a reliable compendium to all the materials found. It
will also be useful as a companion for those studying the original manuscripts
using the microfiche or CD-ROM editions of the scrolls. This text was published
also in one volume, in 1998, with 1384 pp.
HEMPEL, Charlotte, The
Damascus Texts, Sheffield, Sheffield Academic Press, 2000, 128 pp.
These are the numbers 1 and 2 of the series Companions
to the Qumran Scrolls. This series offers comprehensive and accessible
introductions to the corpus of texts from Qumran, and is ideal for undergraduate
and graduate classes. The Damascus Texts, devoted to the texts of the
Damascus Document, both from Cairo and from Qumran, discusses the contents,
history of research and critical questions arising from this most important
Qumran composition. The Temple Scroll and Related Texts, devoted to the
longest and one of the most complex of the manuscripts, discusses the contents
of the Temple Scroll as well as the related 'New Jerusalem' text, and also
examines connections with other Qumran writings.
KUGLER,
Robert A. & SCHULLER, Eileen M. (eds.), The Dead Sea Scrolls at
Fifty:
Proceedings of the 1997 Society of Biblical Literature Qumran Section Meetings,
Atlanta, Scholars Press, 1999, XIII + 227 pp.
This excellent book, after the editor's preface, comprises
eighteen articles in five categories. This
veritable "who's who" of international scrolls research commemorates
the fiftieth anniversary of the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls with essays
focused on: 1.The History of Dead Sea Scrolls Research; 2.The Scrolls and the
Hebrew Bible/Old Testament; 3.Early Judaism and the New Testament; 4.The
Damascus Document; 5.The Future of Dead Sea Scrolls Research.
PARRY,
Donald W. & TOV, Emanuel (eds.), The Dead Sea Scrolls Reader,
Leiden, Brill, 2004 (The Reader consists of six individual parts or
titles: Part 1. Texts Concerned with Religious Law; Part 2. Exegetical Texts;
Part 3. Parabiblical Texts; Part 4. Calendrial and Sapiental Texts;
Part 5. Poetic and Liturgical Texts; Part 6. Additional Genres and Unclassified Texts).
This edition presents for the first time all the non-biblical Qumran texts classified according to their genres, together with English translations. Of these texts, some twenty were not previously published. The Hebrew-Aramaic texts in this edition are mainly based on the
FARMS database of Brigham Young University, which, in its turn, reflects the text editions of the ancient scrolls with great precision, including modern diacritical signs.
The Reader consists of six individual parts. The purpose of the classification is to enhance the research facilities of the individual texts within their respective genres, especially in courses at Universities and
Colleges. Donald W. Parry is Associate Professor of Biblical Studies at Brigham Young University. He is a member of the International Team of Editors of the Dead Sea Scrolls and author or (co)editor of a number of books, including
The Great Isaiah Scroll: A New Edition (Brill, 1999). Emanuel
Tov is J. L. Magnes Professor of Bible at the Hebrew University. He is the editor-in-chief of the Dead Sea Scrolls publication project and the author of two handbooks on textual criticism.
This comprehensive, up-to-date guide is the definitive introduction to all aspects of the scrolls, including their teachings, the community that created them, the world of Judaism, the origins of Christianity, our understanding of Jesus and the New
Testament. The book includes many recent developments in Scrolls research, bringing readers current information on new DNA dating techniques, discoveries in linguistics, and archaeological
findings. Featuring photos of the original texts, the sites, and the scholars who deciphered them, and including illustrative passages from the
scrolls.
from Qumran, and is ideal for undergraduate
and graduate classes. The Damascus Texts, devoted to the texts of the
Damascus Document, both from Cairo and from Qumran, discusses the contents,
history of research and critical questions arising from this most important
Qumran composition. The Temple Scroll and Related Texts, devoted to the
longest and one of the most complex of the manuscripts, discusses the contents
of the Temple Scroll as well as the related 'New Jerusalem' text, and also
examines connections with other Qumran writings.