Introduction: The Dead Sea Scrolls

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1. Secondary sources
   1. Frequently Asked Questions about the Dead Sea Scrolls
   2. What are the Dead Sea Scrolls? Lawrence H. Schiffman, COJS.
   3. Dead Sea Scrolls Overview
   4. The Dead Sea Scrolls Timeline
   5. The Dead Sea Scrolls, John J. Collins, Anchor Bible Dictionary (ed. David Noel Freedman), Doubleday, NY, 1992, Vol.2, p.85-101.
   6. Apocrypha, Pseudepigrapha, and the Dead Sea Scrolls, Lawrence Schiffman, From Text to Tradition, Ktav Publishing House, Hoboken, NJ, 1991, p.120-138.
   7. Lawrence H. Schiffman. “The Significance of the Scrolls.” Bible Review 6, 5 (1990).
2. Images
   1. The Dead Sea
3. Maps
   1. The Dead Sea Region
4. Videos
   1. What are the Dead Sea Scrolls? Prof. Lawrence H. Schiffman. Produced by Down Low Pictures for COJS.
   2. What kinds of texts are found in the Dead Sea Scrolls? Prof. Lawrence H. Schiffman. Produced by Down Low Pictures for COJS.
   3. What lessons can be learned from the study of the Dead Sea Scrolls? Prof. Lawrence H. Schiffman. Produced by Down Low Pictures for COJS.
   4. Why is it important to study the Dead Sea Scrolls? Prof. Lawrence H. Schiffman. Produced by Down Low Pictures for COJS.
   5. What is the significance of the Dead Sea Scrolls? Lawrence H. Schiffman, NYU Video Spotlight.
   6. Why are the Dead Sea Scrolls important? A Conversation with Yigael Yadin, NBC.
   7. Scholars, Scrolls and Scandals: Judaism, Christianity and the Dead Sea Scrolls, Lawrence H. Schiffman, UCSB.
   8. Preservation of the Dead Sea Scrolls, Israel Antiquities Authority
   9. What kind of Hebrew was used in the scrolls? Reproduced with permission from Point of View.
   10. Why did the members of the Qumran sect choose to dwell in the wilderness? Reproduced with permission from Secrets of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Produced by World of the Bible Productions. Randall Price.
5. Websites
   1. The Dead Sea Scrolls and Why They Matter
   2. DeadSeaScrolls.com
   3. The Dead Sea Scrolls (BYU)
   4. The Great Isaiah Scroll
   5. The Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature
   6. Scrolls From the Dead Sea: The Ancient Library of Qumran and Modern Scholarship
   7. West Semitic Research Project
6. Further reading
   1. Bibliography, Reclaiming the Dead Sea Scrolls, Lawrence H. Schiffman, Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia, 1994.