Publication and Preservation

Christianization of the Scrolls, Lawrence H. Schiffman, Reclaiming the Dead Sea Scrolls, Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia, 1994.
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Christianization of the Scrolls, Lawrence H. Schiffman, Reclaiming the Dead Sea Scrolls, Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia, 1994.

From its beginnings, the publication process was profoundly affected by the physical location of the scrolls and the politics of the scholars involved. Perhaps the most serious cost was the exclusion of Jews, and certainly of Israelis, from the editorial team from the 1950s through the late 1980s. The silencing of Jewish scholars had a […]

Overview: Publication and Preservation
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Overview: Publication and Preservation

Early Publication Efforts In 1952, the Jordanian Antiquities Authority appointed Roland de Vaux editor-in-chief of the publication of the scrolls. The work was subsidized by the Palestine Archaeological Museum (PAM) as well as by John D. Rockefeller. The scrolls were photographed using infrared photography, allowing researchers to read parts of the scrolls which were invisible […]