Rediscovering the Dead Sea Scrolls: An Assessment of Old and New Approaches and Methods

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Contributors	p. ix
Abbreviations	p. xi
Introduction: Tools for Our Work	p. 1
When the Evidence Does Not Fit: Method, Theory, and the Dead Sea Scrolls	p. 11
Constructing, Deconstructing and Reconstructing Fragmentary Manuscripts: Illustrated by a Study of 4Q184 (4QWiles of the Wicked Woman)	p. 26
The Linguistic Analysis of the Dead Sea Scrolls: More Than (Initially) Meets the Eye	p. 48
The Dynamics of Change in the Computer Imaging of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Other Ancient Inscriptions	p. 69
Methods and Theories in the Archaeology of Qumran	p. 89
Dead Sea Scrolls and the Historiography of Ancient Judaism	p. 108
Counterfactual History and the Dead Sea Scrolls	p. 128
Methodological Reflections on Determining Scriptural Status in First Century Judaism	p. 145
Sources and Redaction in the Dead Sea Scrolls: The Growth of Ancient Texts	p. 162
Sociological Models for Understanding the Scribal Practices in the Biblical Dead Sea Scrolls	p. 182
Rhetorical Criticism and the Dead Sea Scrolls	p. 198
Of Calendars, Community Rules, and Common Knowledge: Understanding 4QS_e-4QOtot, with Help from Ritual Studies	p. 215
Women and Men in the Rule of the Congregation: A Feminist Critical Assessment	p. 229
Social-Scientific Approaches to the Dead Sea Scrolls	p. 246
The Dead Sea Scrolls, the Essenes, and the Study of Religious Belief: Determinism and Freedom of Choice	p. 264
Bibliography	p. 284
Index of Subjects	p. 307
Index of Ancient Texts and Manuscripts	p. 311
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