TY - BOOK AU - Grossman,Maxine L. TI - Rediscovering the Dead Sea Scrolls: an assessment of old and new approaches and methods SN - 9780802840097 AV - BM487.G878.R435 2010 PY - 2010/// CY - Grand Rapids, Michigan PB - William B. Eerdmans Pub. KW - Dead Sea scrolls N1 - 1 and indexes; Introduction: Tools for our work --; When the evidence does not fit: method, theory, and the Dead Sea scrolls; Sarianna Metso --; Constructing, deconstructing and reconstructing fragmentary manuscripts: illustrated by a study of 4Q184 (4Qwiles of the wicked woman) / Eibert Tigchelaar --; The linguistic analysis of the Dead Sea scrolls: more than (initially) meets the eye; Martin G. Abegg, Jr. --; The dynamics of change in the computer imaging of the Dead Sea scrolls and other ancient inscriptions; Bruce Zuckerman --; Methods and theories in the archaeology of Qumran; Jodi Magness --; Dead Sea scrolls and the historiography of ancient Judaism; Hayim Lapin --; Counterfactual history and the Dead Sea scrolls; James R. Davila --; Methodological reflections on determining scriptural status in first century Judaism; Eugene Ulrich --; Sources and redaction in the Dead Sea scrolls: the growth of ancient texts; Charlotte Hempel --; Sociological models for understanding the scribal practices in the biblical Dead Sea scrolls; Steve Delamarter --; Rhetorical criticism and the Dead Sea scrolls; Carol A. Newsom --; Of calendars, community rules, and common knowledge: understanding 4QSe-4QOtot with help from ritual studies; Robert Kugler --; Women and men in the rule of the congregation: a feminist critical assessment; Maxine L. Grossman --; Social-scientific approaches to the Dead Sea scrolls; Jutta Jokiranta --; The Dead Sea scrolls, the Essenes, and the study of religious belief: determinism and freedom of choice; Jonathan Klawans; 2 ER -