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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

• 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

• 11QPs - Psalms scroll; image, commentary, and sample of translation from the Library of Congress exhibit

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 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)
• 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)