The recovery of 800 documents in caves on the northwest shores of the Dead Sea is one of the most sensational archeological discoveries in the Holy Land to date. These volumes demonstrate how the scrolls have revolutionised our knowledge of the text of the Bible, the character of Second Temple Judaism, and the Jewish beginnings of Christianity.

Chapter 1 Digital Miracles: Revealing Invisible Scripts Keith T. Knox, Roger L. Easton, Jr., Robert H. JohnstonChapter 2 Another Stab at the Wicked Priest David Noel Freedman and Jeffrey C. GeogheganChapter 3 What's in a Calendar? Calendar Conformity and Calendar Controversy in Ancient Judaism: The Case of the ""Community of the Renewed Covenant"" Shemaryahu TalmonChapter 4 The Covenant in Qumran Moshe WeinfeldChapter 5 What was Distinctive about Messianic Expectation at Qumran? John J. CollinsChapter 6 The Law and Spirit of Purity at Qumran Joseph M. BaumgartenChapter 7 Excerpted Manuscripts at Qumran: Their Significance for the Textual History of the Hebrew Bible and the Socio-Religious History of the Qumran Community and its Literature Brent A. StrawnChapter 8 The Two Spirits in Qumran Theology John R. LevisonChapter 9 Dualism in the Essene Communities Elisha QimronChapter 10 The Qumran Concept of Time Henry W. Morisada RietzChapter 11 Predestination in the Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls Magen BroshiChapter 12 Resurrection: The Bible and Qumran ?ëmile PuechChapter 13 Qumran Community Structure and Terminology as Theological Statement Sarianna MetsoChapter 14 Daily and Festival Prayers at Qumran Dennis T. OlsonChapter 15 The Sociological and Liturgical Dimensions of Psalm Pesher 1 (4QpPsa): Some Prolegomenous Reflections James H. Charlesworth and James D. McSpaddenChapter 16 The Moses at Qumran: The qdch hrwm as the Nursing-Father of the dxy Jacob CherianChapter 17 Enoch and the Archangel Michael Ephraim IsaacChapter 18 Qumran and the Dating of the Parables of Enoch Paolo SacchiChapter 19 The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Meal Formula in Joseph and Aseneth: From Qumran Fever to Qumran Light Randall D. ChesnuttChapter 20 The Bible, the Psalms of Solomon, and Qumran Joseph L. TraftonChapter 21 Old Testament Pseudepigrapha at Qumran Devorah DimantChapter 22 The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha at Qumran James C. VanderKam