Bible at Qumran: Text, shape, and interpretation, The

The Bible at Qumran: Text, Shape, and Interpretation. Edited by Peter W. Flint. Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2001, 266 pp., $22.00 paper.

The 11 essays in this volume by ten authors are oriented around two principal themes: "the text and shape of the 'Bible' at Qumran, and the interpretation of these Scriptures by the Qumran community or other ancient Jews" (p. vii).

Part 1 ("The Scriptures, the Canon, and the Scrolls") consists of five essays: "Canon as Dialogue," by James A. Sanders (pp. 7-26); "How We Got the Hebrew Bible: The Text and Canon of the Old Testament," by Bruce K. Waltke (pp. 27-50); "The Bible in the Making: The Scriptures Found at Qumran," by Eugene Ulrich (pp. 51-66); "The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Canon of Scripture in the Time of Jesus," by Craig A. Evans (pp. 67-79); "Noncanonical Writings in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Apocrypha, Other Previously Known Writings, Pseudepigrapha," by Peter W. Flint (pp. 80-129).

Part 2 ("Biblical Interpretation and the Dead Sea Scrolls") consists of six essays: "The Interpretation of Genesis in 1 Enoch," by James C. VanderKam (pp. 129-48); "Abraham in the Dead Sea Scrolls: A Man of Faith and Failure," by Craig A. Evans (pp. 149-58); "Moses and the Dead Sea Scrolls: Living in the Shadow of God's Anointed," by James E. Bowley (pp. 159-81); "Korah and Qumran," by James M. Scott (pp. 182-202); "4QMMT, Paul, and 'Works of the Law,'" by Martin G. Abegg, Jr. (pp. 203-16);

"The Intertextuality of Scripture: The Example of Rahab (James 2:25)," by Robert W. Wall (pp. 217-36).

The work concludes with a select bibliography and indexes of modern authors and ancient literature.

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