Scribes and Scrolls at Qumran - Paperback

by Sidnie White Crawford (Author)

The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls altered our understanding of the development of the biblical text, the history and literature of Second Temple Judaism, and the thought of the early Christian community. Questions continue to surround the relationship between the caves in which the scrolls were found and the nearby settlement at Khirbet Qumran.

In Scribes and Scrolls at Qumran, Sidnie White Crawford combines the conclusions of the first generation of scrolls scholars that have withstood the test of time, new insights that have emerged since the complete publication of the scrolls corpus, and the much more complete archaeological picture that we now have of Khirbet Qumran. She creates a new synthesis of text and archaeology that yields a convincing history of and purpose for the Qumran settlement and its associated caves.

Biblical Archaeology Society Publication Award for Best Popular Book on Archaeology (2021)

Author Biography

Sidnie White Crawford is the Willa Cather Professor of Biblical Studies Emerita at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and sits on the board of trustees of the W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem. She is the author of Rewriting Scripture in Second Temple Times and The Temple Scroll and Related Texts.