The Dead Sea Scrolls: A New Translation
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The

Dead Sea

Scrolls

A New Translation

Michael O. Wise,

Martin G. Abegg Jr.,

and Edward M. Cook

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the dead sea scrolls: A New Translation. Copyright © 1996, 2005 by Michael O. Wise, Martin G. Abegg Jr., and Edward M. Cook. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information address HarperCollins Publishers, 10 East 53rd Street, New York, NY 10022.

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revised edition

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Dead Sea scrolls. English.

The Dead Sea Scrolls: a new translation / Michael O. Wise, Martin

G. Abegg, and Edward M. Cook.—Rev. and updated ed.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

isbn 978-0-06-076662-7

I. Wise, Michael Owen. II. Abegg, Martin G. III. Cook, Edward M. IV. Title.

BM487.A3 2005

296.1′55—dc22 2005046285

To my wife, Cathy

M.O.W.

To my wife, Sue, and our girls, Stephanie and Jennifer

M.G.A.

To Elizabeth and Tristan

E.M.C.

Contents

Preface

Preface to the Revised Edition

I. Prolegomena

Introduction

A Dead Sea Scrolls Timeline

Reading a Dead Sea Scroll

How to Read This Book

II. Texts

1. The Damascus Document (CD) (Geniza A+B, 4Q266–272)

2. A Commentary on Habakkuk (1QpHab)

3. A Commentary on Micah (1Q14)

4. Tales of the Patriarchs (1QapGen)

5. The Words of Moses (1Q22)

6. The Book of Secrets (1Q27, 4Q299–301)

7. Charter of a Jewish Sectarian Association (1QS, 4Q255–264a, 5Q11)

8. Charter for Israel in the Last Days (1QSa [1Q28a], 4Q249a–i)

9. Priestly Blessings for the Last Days ([1QSb], 1Q28b)

10. Tongues of Fire and Prayer of Praise (1Q29, 4Q376, 4Q408)

11. The War Scroll (1QM, 4Q491–496)

12. Thanksgiving Hymns (The Thanksgiving Scroll) (1QHa, 1Q35, 4Q427–432)

13. Festival Prayers (1Q34, 1Q34bis, 4Q507–509)

14. A Story About the Exodus (2Q21)

15. The Last Words of Judah (3Q7)

16. A List of Buried Treasure (The Copper Scroll) (3Q15)

17. Apocryphal Psalms (4Q88)

18. A Reworking of Genesis and Exodus (4Q158)

19. Ordinances (4Q159, 4Q513–514)

20. An Account of the Story of Samuel (4Q160)

21. Commentaries on Isaiah (4Q161–165)

22. A Commentary on Hosea (4Q166–167)

23. A Commentary on Nahum (4Q169)

24. Commentaries on Psalms (4Q171, 4Q173, 1Q16)

25. The Last Days: A Commentary on Selected Verses (4Q174)

26. A Collection of Messianic Proof Texts (4Q175)

27. A Commentary on Consoling Passages in Scripture (4Q176)

28. The Last Days: An Interpretation of Selected Verses (4Q177)

29. A Lament for Zion (4Q179)

30. The Ages ...

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About The Dead Sea Scrolls: A New Translation

The Dead Sea Scrolls represent the most important find of the 20th century for understanding the history of the Middle East in the centuries surrounding the birth of Christ. The scrolls provide an intimate link to the culture and background of Israel and Palestine with huge implications for understanding the political situation of the first century and gaining a picture of the relationship between Judaism and early Christianity. Reading the scrolls themselves demonstrates important cultural, theological, and conceptual connections between the Judaism and the New Testament authors.

The Dead Sea Scrolls: A New Translation presents a fully revised edition of Michael Wise, Martin Abegg, Jr. and Edward Cook’s translation of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Between the first edition and this revised edition, numerous volumes of new texts have been published. The “official” scholarly edition of the Scrolls, Discoveries in the Judaean Desert, has gone from having ten published volumes in 1996 to thirty-nine published volumes in 2005. With all of the texts finally available, this new edition provides fresh and updated translations of the many scrolls that have been published since the first edition.

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