Oxford Commentary on the Dead Sea Scrolls

The Oxford Commentary on the Dead Sea Scrolls is a series intended for the scholarly study of the most important non-biblical Dead Sea Scrolls. It aims to provide scholarship of the highest level that is accessible to non-specialists, based on the best digitized images and readings. Each volume will include a synthetic and substantial introduction, followed by a line-by-line commentary on the scrolls. The commentary will provide an English translation, textual notes and thematic discussions of the original Hebrew text of the scrolls. X

NEWS

The first commentary in the OCDSS Series has been published! Scroll down to the Volumes section to see more about Professor Timothy Lim’s Commentary on Pesher Habakkuk.

ABOUT

The series is intended for a broad readership of scholars and students who work in the fields of the Hebrew Bible and New Testament Studies, or in other areas of Early Judaism. Published by Oxford University Press, each volume will expound on the religious ideas and themes of the scrolls.

Series Editors
Timothy H. Lim (University of Edinburgh)
Vered Noam (Tel Aviv University)

Advisory Board
John J. Collins (Yale University)
Sidnie White Crawford (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
Reinhard Kratz (University of Göttingen)
Raija Sollamo (University of Helsinki)

VOLUMES

  • The Thanksgiving Scroll

    Carol Newsom and Eileen Schuller

  • The War Scroll

    Guy Stiebel

  • The Rule of the Association and Related Texts

    John J. Collins and James Nati
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  • The Damascus Document

    Steven Fraade
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  • Pesher Nahum & Pesher Psalms

    Reinhard Kratz

  • The Pesher Habbakuk

    Timothy H. Lim
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  • The Temple Scroll

    Sidnie Crawford

  • 4QMMT ‘Some Precepts of the Torah’

    Vered Noam and Eshbal Ratzon

  • The Genesis Apocryphon

    Daniel Machiela

  • The Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice

    Noam Mizrahi

  • Astronomical and Calendrical Texts

    Eshbal Ratson

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