Dr. Gary Gromacki
Associate
Professor of Bible and Homiletics
Baptist Bible Seminary
Clarks Summit,
Pennsylvania
<ggromacki>at <bbc>dot <edu>
Abegg, Jr., Martin, Peter Flint, and Eugene Ulrich. The Dead Sea Scrolls Bible. San Francisco, CA: HarperSanFrancisco, 1999. If you want to read an English translation of the biblical Dead Sea Scrolls then purchase this book.
Berger, Klaus. The Truth Under Lock and Key: Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 1995.
Brooke, George. Exegesis at Qumran. Sheffield, England: JSOT Press, 1985.
Broshi, Magen. The Damascus Document Reconsidered. Jerusalem: The Israel Exploration Society, 1992.
Bruce, F.F. Biblical Exegesis in the Qumran Texts. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1959.
Charlesworth, James. The Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls. N. Richland Hills, TX: Bibal Press, 1998.
Charlesworth, James and Walter Weaver. Eds. The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Christian Faith. Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 1998.
Charlesworth, James. Editor. The Dead Sea Scrolls: Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek Texts with English Translations. Volume 1. Rule of the Community and Related Documents. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 1994.
Charlesworth, James. Editor. The Dead Sea Scrolls: Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek Texts with English Translations. Volume 2. Damascus Document, War Scroll and Related Documents. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 1995.
Charlesworth, James. Editor. The Dead Sea Scrolls: Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek Texts with English Translations. Volume 4A. Pseudepigraphic and Non-Masoretic Psalms and Prayers. Louisville, KY: Westminister John Knox Press, 1997.
Charlesworth, James. Editor. The Dead Sea Scrolls: Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek Texts with English Translations. Volume 4B. Angelic Liturgy: Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 1999.
Charlesworth, James. Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls. New York, NY: Doubleday, 1992. This book shows that the Qumran community and the early Church came from the same Jewish roots, but there are distinctions between what Jesus taught and what the Qumran community taught and believed. Parallels and contrasts between the teachings of Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls make for interesting reading.
Collins, John and Robert Kugler. Eds. Religion in the Dead Sea Scrolls. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2000.
Cook, Edward. Solving the Mysteries of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1994.
Davies, Philip. Behind the Essenes: History and Ideology in the Dead Sea Scrolls. Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press, 1987.
Davies, Philip. The Damascus Document. Sheffield, England: JSOT Press, 1982.
Deasley, Alex. The Shape of Qumran Theology. Carlisle, Cumbria, UK: Paternoster Press, 2000.
Eisenman, Robert. The Dead Sea Scrolls and the First Christians. Rockport, MA: Element, 1996.
Eisenman, Robert and Michael Wise. The Dead Sea Scrolls Uncovered. New York, NY: Penguin, 1992.
Evans, Craig and Peter Flint. Editors. Eschatology, Messianism, and the Dead Sea Scrolls. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1997.
Fitzmyer, Joseph. The Dead Sea Scrolls and Christian Origins. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2000.
Flint, Peter. The Bible At Qumran: Text, Shape and Interpretation. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2001.
Fruchtenbaum, Arnold. Messianic Christology. Tustin, CA: Ariel Ministries, 1998. This book examines the Old Testament messianic prophecies and explains how the prophecies were fulfilled by Jesus Christ.
Fujita, Neil. A Crack in the Jar: What Ancient Jewish Documents Tell Us About the New Testament. New York, NY: Paulist Press, 1986.
Golb, Norman. Who Wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls? New York, NY: Scribner, 1995.
Helyer, Larry. Exploring Jewish Literature of the Second Temple Period. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2002.
Kugler, Robert and Eileen Schuller. Eds. The Dead Sea Scrolls at Fifty. Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press, 1999.
Lim, Timothy. Ed. The Dead Sea Scrolls in their Historical Context. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 2000. This important work places the DSS in their historical context of Second Temple Judaism and the rise of early Christianity. Expert scholars address the issues in four sections: The Qumran Community; the Qumran Biblical Texts and the Masoretic Text; Sectarian Law and Normative Jewish Law; The Theology of the Qumran Community, Second Temple Judaism and early Christianity.
Magness, Jodi. Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2002. Magen Broshi writes a review on the back cover: "In the half century since Roland de Vaux excavated Qumran, the most important contributions to its archaeology have undoubtedly been made by Jodi Magness. Her erudite, painstaking, and levelheaded research has solved many of its problems. This book of hers is at once a first rate scholarly work and a delightful read."
Martinez, Florentino Garcia. The Dead Sea Scrolls Translated: The Qumran Texts in English. Second edition. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1992.
O'Connor, J. Murphy and James Charlesworth. Paul and the Dead Sea Scrolls. New York, NY: Crossroad, 1990.
Price, Randall. Secrets of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Eugene, OR: Harvest House, 1996.
Schiffman, Lawrence and James VanderKam. Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls. 2 Vols. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2000. This encyclopedia is an incredible resource of information on the Dead Sea Scrolls. Each article ends with an annotated bibliography. Everything you need to know about the DSS can be found in these two books. Highly recommended.
Schiffman, Lawrence. Reclaiming the Dead Sea Scrolls. New York, NY: Doubleday, 1995.
Shanks, Hershel, James VanderKam, P. Kyle McCarter, Jr. and James Sanders. The Dead Sea Scrolls After Forty Years. Washington D.C.: Biblical Archaeology Society, 1991.
Shanks, Hershel. Ed. Understanding the Dead Sea Scrolls. New York: Random House, 1992.
Thiede, Carsten Peter. The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Jewish Origins of Christianity. New York, NY: Palgrave, 2001.
Ulrich, Eugene. The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Origins of the Bible. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1999.
VanderKam, James. The Dead Sea Scrolls Today. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1994.
VanderKam, James and Peter Flint. The Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls. San Francisco, CA: HarperSanFrancisco, 2002. "Two of the world's most eminent Dead Sea Scroll scholars have collaborated to produce a comprehensive, detailed by readable account of what the scrolls say, judiciously considering a wide variety of views including those they disagree with. There is almost nothing they haven't read and studied and considered. Their description of the controversies surrounding the publication of the scrolls is alone worth the price of the book." (Review by Hershel Shanks, Editor, Biblical Archaeology Review). This should be your first purchase of a book on the DSS.
Vermes, Geza. Introduction to the Complete Dead Sea Scrolls. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 1999.
Vermes, Geza. The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English. New York, NY: Penguin, 1962. If you want to read the Dead Sea Scrolls for yourself then this is the book to purchase. This book does not include translations of the biblical scrolls.
Wise, M.O. "Dead Sea Scrolls" in Dictionary of New Testament Background. Craig Evans and Stanley Porter. Editors. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2000.
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