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The first three volumes of the OCDSS series are out! For more information on Pesher Habakkuk (Timothy Lim), the Damascus...
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John J. Collins and James Nati's volume on The Rule of the Association will be published soon! Be on the...
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Congratulations to Noam Mizrachi, author of the forthcoming OCDSS volume on The Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice, for his new...
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Steven Fraade's volume on the Damascus Document will be published soon! Be on the lookout this fall/winter for this second...
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The first three volumes of the OCDSS series are out! For more information on Pesher Habakkuk (Timothy Lim), the Damascus Document (Steven Fraade), and the The Rule of the Association and Related Texts (John J. Collins and James Nati) scroll down to view the ‘Volumes’ page.
John J. Collins and James Nati’s volume on The Rule of the Association will be published soon! Be on the lookout this Summer for this third volume in the OCDSS series. For more information, see the Volumes page below.
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Congratulations to Noam Mizrachi, author of the forthcoming OCDSS volume on The Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice, for his new appointment as director of the Orion Center!
Steven Fraade’s volume on the Damascus Document will be published soon! Be on the lookout this fall/winter for this second volume in the OCDSS series. For more information, see the Volumes page below.
Timothy Lim’s volume on Pesher Habakkuk is now available! Professor Lim’s volume is the first to be published in the OCDSS Series, with other volumes to come soon. See the Volumes page below for more information. Also, be sure to check out Timothy’s new blog post on the Essenes.
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The first volume of the OCDSS Series is here! Read more about Professor Timothy Lim’s new volume on Pesher Habakkuk on the Volumes Page below.
UPCOMING ONLINE EVENT
An online Zoom event will be held this upcoming Thursday 5 November at 4:00pm (GMT) to discuss the first book in this series: The Earliest Commentary on the Prophecy of Habakkuk (OUP, 2020) by Timothy Lim. You are warmly invited to join this exciting discussion. Please fill out the contact information below to join.
The Pesher Habbakuk
The Pesher Habbakuk
(1QpHab)
Professor Timothy Lim has published his new analysis of this scroll, 'The Earliest Commentary on the Prophecy of Habakkuk'.
This is the first major commentary on Pesher Habakkuk for forty years, and includes new readings, and detailed palaeographical, philological, exegetical and historical notes and discussion.
The book is available through Oxford University Press
Timothy Lim is the Professor of Hebrew Bible & Second Temple Judaism at the School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh.
The Damascus Document
The Damascus Document
Professor Steven Fraade’s new volume on the Damascus Document includes a substantial introduction, new translation with notes, and 
detailed commentary based on both the ancient manuscripts from the
caves of Qumran and medieval manuscripts from the Cairo Geniza.
The volume considers the text’s laws, scriptural interpretations, hortatory orations, dualistic views of the world and ancient Israel, understanding of the Jerusalem Temple and its sacrificial worship from which the community is in self-imposed exile, attitudes to women, sex, and marriage, and apocalyptic perspective on the “end of time.”
The book is available through Oxford University Press.
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Steven Fraade is the Mark Taper Professor of the History of Judaism at Yale University in the Department of Religious Studies and the Program in Judaic Studies.
The Rule of the Association and Related Texts
The Rule of the Association
Professor John J. Collins and Dr. James Nati have published their thorough and comprehensive study of one of the most important texts in the Dead Sea Scrolls – The Rule of the Association. This volume offers readers a full treatment of all the textual evidence relating to the Rule of the Association, marking a significant revision of scholarly views of the Qumran community. The volume includes text, translation, and commentary on all these manuscripts, with a substantial introduction that locates the Rule in the context of the sectarian movement.
The book will be published in June 2024, available through Oxford University Press
Professor John J. Collins is the Holmes Professor of Old Testament Criticism and Interpretation at Yale Divinity School.
Doctor James Nati is the Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible & Old Testament Studies at the Jesuit School of Theology.
2020 laureate
A warm congratulations to Professor Vered Noam, the 2020 laureate of the Israel Prize for Talmud studies, and the first woman to receive this prestigious award! Be sure not to miss her forthcoming volume in the OCDSS series.
First commentary
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.