Don't miss these pubs!!

Ronald Quick said:

I've been asking for the Dead Sea Scrolls Bible for quite some time and am glad to see Logos offer it. 

http://www.logos.com/product/8933/dead-sea-scrolls-bible

http://www.logos.com/product/8934/the-meaning-of-the-dead-sea-scrolls

Let's move these into production as fast as possible.

Thanks for pointing this out - I have a hard copy of the first title and would appreciate adding this to my LOGOS library.  Both titles ordered!

Ronald Quick said:

Logos just made The Dead Sea Scrolls Bible and The Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls available on prepub.  Both are written by leading Dead Sea Scroll scholars.

Awesome!  I was wondering when Logos would offer the English translation of the biblical DDS.  Thanks, Ron, for posting this in the forum.

But don't forget this one, too: http://www.logos.com/product/8868/the-dead-sea-scrolls-a-new-translation [:D]

Ronald, thank you so much. It's great we will have finally these titles in Logos.

P.S. There are 2 other great new titles in the pre-pub today:

http://www.logos.com/product/8935/the-rebirth-of-orthodoxy

http://www.logos.com/product/8936/what-have-they-done-with-jesus

There seems to be quite a bit of overlap between the Dead Sea Scrolls Bible and The Dead Sea Scrolls: A New Translation. Is anyone familiary with the differences between the two volumes in their content, uses, etc?

David Moser said:

There seems to be quite a bit of overlap between the Dead Sea Scrolls Bible and The Dead Sea Scrolls: A New Translation. Is anyone familiary with the differences between the two volumes in their content, uses, etc?

I have both in hardcover (the original, not the 2005 Revised Edition of the DSS). The Dead Sea Scrolls: A New Translation is the Qumran non-Biblical material. The Dead Sea Scrolls Bible is the Qumran Biblical material. They do NOT overlap but supplement each other. I ordered both pre-pubs.

ALSO: The DSS Database (almost ready to ship) http://www.logos.com/product/5961/qumran-biblical-dead-sea-scrolls-database will give me the textual basis of the DSS Bible translations. Now I just need to relearn my Hebrew! [:D]

If I ever become more interested in the non-Biblical material, this product - Qumran Sectarian Manuscripts:

http://www.logos.com/product/4242/qumran-sectarian-manuscripts

will give me that textual basis. Since it's not on a pre-pub price, there's no need to order now.

Re: your original question, the above database product page states: "The Dead Sea Scrolls are divided into two collections. The first
collection is the biblical scrolls - pieces of books found in the Hebrew
Bible. The second collection is called 'sectarian manuscripts', which
is all of the non-biblical scrolls. This includes commentaries on
scripture, common books that would have been considered canonical by the
Qumran community, even though they aren't in the Hebrew canon today
(such as the Book of Enoch), and religious documents that were specific
to the Qumran sect, and probably weren't used elsewhere (such as the
Rule of the Community)."

For the bolded reasons, I think it's wise to have both books, not just the DSS Bible texts for our canon, since these other Qumran texts also shed light on the Bible.

Ronald Quick said:

Bohuslav Wojnar said:

There had been a great lecture available at the Logos Lecture series from Peter Flint on the subject. I am not able to find the audio file. Lectures page is not available anymore.

I have this lecture saved somewhere.  I can try to find it and email it
to you if you like.

Yes, I would love to have it. If you can, email it please to me to:  bwojnar -at- atlas -dot- cz

Thank you very much.

I have heard and met both of these top notch Dead sea Scroll scholars. My daughter had Martin as a professor. These are excellent additions to the Logos platform!

fgh said:

Have I understood it correctly that The Dead Sea Scrolls: A New Translation covers the same material as Vermes? Anyone feel qualified to compare the translations?

1) Vermes is the standard. You should usually cite him.

2) This translation is more free than Vermes and Martinez

3) Where several versions exist, the translators does not always state clearly which manuscript was followed.

4) Several new fragments are included.

5) Several fragments that  in recent years were recognised as belonging to the same scroll are translated together.  

5) Texts that were left out of Vermes because \they were not well preserved  are included.

6) New titles are given to many scrolls.

7) A few scrolls that appear in Vermes were left out.

Bump - for anyone who may have missed these over the weekend.