The Princeton Theological Seminary Dead Sea Scrolls Project is providing the first critical edition of all the Dead Sea Scrolls which are not copies of books in the Hebrew Bible (the so-called "Old Testament") in more than ten volumes, along with two concordances, and supplemental volumes. The format of the series is unique; each manuscript is presented with Hebrew, Aramaic or Greek text on the left page and the English translation facing it on the right. The series intends to be a standard reference work; thus, only probable reconstructions are made and the English translations are as literal as possible, avoiding idiomatic renderings. Where a document is witnessed by more than one manuscript, each manuscript is presented separately. Critical notes help the reader to understand the text, variants, philological subtleties, and the translation. An introduction with selected bibliography precedes each document. The documents are prepared by an international team of over fifty scholars with the editors and their assistants providing consistency.
About the Author: Born 1940; Lady Davis Professor at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem; Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, Universitat Tubingen; Professor at Duke University; Fulbright Fellow at the University of Edinburgh; Annual Professor of the American Schools of Oriental Research in Jerusalem; McCarthy Professor in the Gregorianum; currently George L. Collord Professor of New Testament Language and Literature at Princeton Theological Seminary; Director and Editor of the Princeton Theological Seminary Dead Sea Scrolls Project. 1993 PhD at Claremont Graduate School; formerly Associate Dean in the School of Theology and currently the Dean's Endowed Professor of Biblical Studies at Azusa Pacific University. Born 1967; 2000 Ph.D. at Princeton Theological Seminary; currently Professor of Religious Studies, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa; Associate Editor of the Princeton Theological Seminary Dead Sea Scrolls Project. Born 1955; 1977-1985 Pastor; 1985-1988 Theology Book Editor; 1993-2000 Assistant and Associate Professor of Religion, Bluffton College, Ohio; 1998 PhD; Formerly Academic Dean and currently Associate Professor of New Testament, Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Elkhart, Indiana. is an independent scholar in Upland, California. is Dean of the School of Theology and Professor of Biblical Studies at Azusa Pacific University. Born 1964; 1986 B.S. in Mathematics; 1990 B.A. in Theology; 1996 M.A.R. in Biblical Studies; 2005 Ph.D. in Hebrew Bible; is currently Professor of Biblical Studies at Azusa Pacific University, California. is Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies at Azusa Pacific Seminary. is Chair and Professor, Department of Biblical and Religious Studies at Azusa Pacific University. is Professor of Biblical Studies at Azusa Pacific University. is Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies at the Claremont School of Theology and the Claremont Graduate University. is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles. is Chair and Professor, Department of Biblical and Theological Studies at Azusa Pacific Seminary.