Together the essays of this volume explore the themes of Scriptures and Sectarianism from a variety of lenses, ranging from close study of specific texts to broad assessments of scriptural authority and meaning-making in the Second Temple Period.

Scriptures and Sectarianism: Essays on the Dead Sea Scrolls

Turning Torah Towards Proverbs: 4Q525 in Late Second Temple Perspective

Reading the Scrolls and Experiencing Qumran Archaeology with Hanan Eshel

The Scope and Shape of the Watchers Myth in Antiquity

The Developmental Composition of the Bible in View of Qumran

Entreaty and Emotion, Theory and Texts: Studies in Second Temple Jewish Prayers

The Evolution and Experience of Repentance at Qumran

Sociolinguistics and the Hodayot (Thanksgiving Hymns)

War, Violence, and Peace in the Dead Sea Scrolls