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The Dead Sea Scrolls, discovered more than half a century ago, have proved to be the most important modern discovery related to biblical literature, Judaism of late antiquity, and nascent Christianity. The scrolls have made an important contribution to our understanding of the development of the text and canon of Scripture, including such issues as textual preservation and transmission. They have...

what are the most significant discoveries in the scrolls? The topic of my study is foremost in my scholarly interest. In 1988 a previously unpublished document began circulating among scroll scholars, often arriving in the proverbial “brown manila envelope,” with no return address. This document was of obvious importance for both of Talmon’s stated interests, and it was for this reason that in the spring following the receipt of this surreptitious mailing, Hebrew Union College listed in its graduate
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