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1QIsa^a

• Great Isaiah Scroll Directory - photographs, translation, and discussion

1QIsa^b

• 1QIsa^b - Isaiah scroll (Orion Center)

1QpHab

• 1QpHab - Habakkuk commentary (Orion Center)
• Late Biblical Hebrew and the Qumran Pesher Habakkuk - by Ian Young, Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 8.25 (2008)
• The Dead Sea Habakkuk Scroll - by F. F. Bruce, The Annual of Leeds University Oriental Society (1958/1959) 5–24
• The Pesher to Habakkuk - photographs, translation, and discussion

1QS

• Moral Purification in 1QS - by Casey Toews, Bulletin for Biblical Research 13.1 (2003) 71–96

3Q15 Copper Scroll

• The Strange Search for the Ashes of the Red Heifer - by Daniel C. Browning, Jr., Biblical Archaeologist 59.2 (1996) 74–89

4Q179

• Gender and Lamentations: 4Q179 and the Canonization of the Book of Lamentations - by Tal Ilan, lectio difficilior 2/2008

4Q184

• 'She is the beginning of all the ways of perversity': Femininity and Metaphor in 4Q184 - by Melissa Aubin, Women in Judaism 2.2 (Spring 2001)

4Q260-366: The Community Rule (Manual of Discipline)

• The Community Rule - transcription in A.M. Habermann, מגילת מדבר יהודה (Tel Aviv, 1959) 60–70

4QpHosea

• 4QpHosa (4Q166) - commentary on Hosea; image, commentary, and sample of translation from the Library of Congress exhibit

4QpIsa^b

• 4QpIsa^b - Isaiah commentary (USC West Semitic Research Project)

4QTestimonia

• 4QTestimonia - messianic anthology (USC West Semitic Research Project)

11Q13: Melchizedek

• Las tradiciones sobre Melquisedec en los manuscritos de Qumrán - by Florentino Garcia Martínez, Biblica 81.1 (2000) 70–80
• Melchizedek als himmlische Erloesergestalt - by A.S. van der Woude, Oudtestamentsiche Studien 14 (1965) 354–373
• The Heavenly Prince Melchizedek - introduction and translation by Geza Vermes, pp. 500–502 in The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English (1997)

11Q19: The Temple Scroll

• The Day of Atonement According to the Temple Scroll - by David Volgger, Biblica 87.2 (2006) 251–260
• The Temple Scroll - introduction and translation by Geza Vermes, pp. 190–219 in The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English (1997)
• The Temple Scroll - photographs and transcription by Yigael Yadin, plates 66–81 in מגילת המקדש (Jerusalem, 1977)

11QPaleoLev

• 11QPaleoLev (11Q1) - Leviticus scroll; image, commentary, and sample of translation from the Library of Congress exhibit

11QPs^a

• 11QPs^a - Psalms scroll; image, commentary, and sample of translation from the Library of Congress exhibit
• Reinterpretation of Scripture in Hymn to the Creator - by Deena E. Grant, TC 16 (2011)

11QtgJob

• A Fragment of an Unstudied Column of 11 QtgJob: A Preliminary Report - by Bruce Zuckerman in collaboration with Stephen A. Reed, The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Newsletter 10 (1993); full text

Biblical Manuscripts

• Qumran and the Old Testament - by F. F. Bruce, Faith and Thought 91.1 (1959) 9–27
• Recent Discoveries in Biblical Manuscripts - by F. F. Bruce, Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute 82 (1950) 131–150
• The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Translator - by Gonzalo Báez-Camargo, Bible Translator 30 (1981) 438–440
• The Meaning of the Qumran Scrolls for Translators of the Bible - by Dewey M. Beegle, The Bible Translator 8 (1957) 1–8

Miscellaneous Articles and Essays

• Biblical Exegesis in the Qumran Texts - by F. F. Bruce (Tyndale, 1960)
• Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due - unsigned article in Biblical Archaeology Review (March/April 2001)
• Inspired Wisdom: From the Bible to Qumran - by Alexander Rofé, Sixth International Orion Symposium (abstract)
• New Aramaic Fragments from Qumran Cave One - by Marilyn Lundberg and Bruce Zuckerman, The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Newsletter 12 (1996)
• Scrolls from a Dead Sea Cave - by John C. Trever, The Bible Translator 2 (1951) 75–79, reprinted from The Christian Century (July 12, 1950)
• Second Thoughts on the Dead Sea Scrolls - by F. F. Bruce (Paternoster, 1956)
• The Eschatologizing of Wisdom in the Dead Sea Scrolls - by John J. Collins, Sixth International Orion Symposium (abstract)

Online Editions

• On-Line Texts Relating to Biblical Study: Dead Sea Scrolls - index of electronic editions and translations

Research Institutes and Projects

• Dead Sea Scrolls Project - Oriental Institute, the University of Chicago
• DeadSeaScrolls.org
• Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature

Reference Materials

• Dead Sea Scrolls & Qumran - Extensive resources collected, edited, and written by Michael Hoselton
• Glossary - Glossary of terms relating to the Dead Sea Scrolls from the Library of Congress exhibit
• The Dead Sea Scrolls - timeline of research and descriptions of scrolls
• The Dead Sea Scrolls - maintained by Ian Hutchesson; provides original essays and links to other resources

Theology

• Holy Spirit in the Qumran Texts - by F. F. Bruce, Annual of Leeds University Oriental Society 6 (1966/68) 49–55

Book Reviews

• Ariel, Donald T., Hava Katz, Shelley Sadeh and Michael Segal, eds., The Dead Sea Scrolls Catalogue (Israel Antiquities Authority, 2007) - reviewed by George J. Brooke, Review of Biblical Literature (2009)
• Clements, Ruth A. and Daniel R. Schwartz, eds., Text, Thought, and Practice in Qumran and Early Christianity: Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium of the Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature, Jointly Sponsored by the Hebrew University Center for the Study of Christianity, 11-13 January, 2004 (Brill, 2009) - reviewed by John Kampen, Review of Biblical Literature (2010)
• Davis, Michael Thomas and Brent A. Strawn, eds., Qumran Studies: New Approaches, New Questions (Eerdmans, 2007) - reviewed by Heinz-Josef Fabry, Review of Biblical Literature (2008)
• Doudna, Gregory L., 4Q Pesher Nahum: A Critical Edition (Sheffield, 2001)
  • Reviewed by Kenneth R. Atkinson, Review of Biblical Literature (2003)
  • Reviewed by Ian Werrett, Review of Biblical Literature (2004)
• Duhaime, Jean, The War Texts: 1QM and Related Manuscripts (T&T Clark, 2004) - reviewed by Annette Steudel, Review of Biblical Literature (2005)
• Elledge, C. D., The Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls (SBL/Brill, 2005)
  • Reviewed by Bilha Nitzan, Review of Biblical Literature (2006)
  • Reviewed by Emmanuel Tov, Review of Biblical Literature (2006)
• Fields, Weston W., The Dead Sea Scrolls: A Short History (Brill, 2006) - reviewed by Eric F. Mason, Review of Biblical Literature (2009)
• Fincke, Andrew, The Samuel Scroll from Qumran: 4QSam Restored and Compared to the Septuagint and 4QSam (Studies on the Texts of the Judean Desert 43; Brill, 2001) - reviewed by Ralph W. Klein, Currents in Theology and Mission (December 2002)
• Galor, Katharina, Jean-Baptiste Humbert and Jürgen Zangenberg, eds., Qumran, The Site of the Dead Sea Scrolls: Archaeological Interpretations and Debates (Proceedings of a Conference held at Brown University, November 17-19, 2002) (Brill, 2006) - reviewed by Kenneth Atkinson, Review of Biblical Literature (2008)
• Fuss, Barbara, 'Dies ist die Zeit, von der geschrieben ist...' : Die expliziten Zitate aus dem Buch Hosea in den Handschriften von Qumran und im Neuen Testament (Aschendorff, 2000) - reviewed by Michael Labahn, Review of Biblical Literature (2003)
• Goff, Matthew J., The Worldly and Heavenly Wisdom of 4QInstruction (Brill, 2003)
  • Reviewed by Benjamin G. Wright III, Review of Biblical Literature (2006)
  • Reviewed by Ian Werrett, Review of Biblical Literature (2004)
• Henze, Matthias, Biblical Interpretation at Qumran (Eerdmans, 2005)
  • Reviewed by Bilha Nitzan, Review of Biblical Literature (2006)
  • Reviewed by Tobias Nicklas, Review of Biblical Literature (2005)
• Herbert, Edward D., Reconstructing Biblical Dead Sea Scrolls: A New Method Applied to the Reconstruction of 4Qsam^a (Brill, 1997) - reviewed by James C. VanderKam, Review of Biblical Literature
• Kugler, Robert A. and Eileen M. Schuller, eds., The Dead Sea Scrolls at Fifty: Proceedings of the 1997 Society of Biblical Literature Qumran Section Meetings (Scholars Press, 1999) - reviewed by Bilhah Nitzan, Review of Biblical Literature
• Muraoka, T. and J. F. Elwolde, eds., Diggers at the Well: Proceedings of a Third International Symposium on the Hebrew of the Dead Sea Scrolls & Ben Sira (Brill, 2000) - reviewed by Stefan Schorch, Review of Biblical Literature (2003)
• Puech, Émile, ed. Qumrán Grotte 4 (XVIII) Textes Hébreux (4Q521–4Q528, 4Q576–579) (Oxford, 1998) - reviewed by Robert A. Kugler, Review of Biblical Literature
• Puech, Émile, ed., Qumrán Grotte 4 (XXVII) Textes Araméens, deuxième partie (Oxford, 2009) - reviewed by Aaron Rubin, Review of Biblical Literature (2009)
• Pulikottil, Paulson, Transmission of Biblical Texts in Qumran: The Case of the Large Isaiah Scroll 1QIsa(a) (Sheffield, 2001) - reviewed by Ian Young, Review of Biblical Literature (2003)
• Schuller, Eileen M., The Dead Sea Scrolls: What Have We Learned? (Westminster John Knox, 2006) - reviewed by Ian Werrett, Review of Biblical Literature (2007)
• Ulrich, Eugene, The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Origins of the Bible (Eerdmans, 1999) - reviewed by Sidnie White Crawford, Review of Biblical Literature
• VanderKam, James and Peter Flint, The Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls (HarperSan-Francisco, 2004) - reviewed by Ralph W. Klein, Currents in Theology and Mission (June 2005)