I am new to Dead Sea Scroll and want to buy, say, an English translation, on it, since I am not good at the original language. Which one would you suggest me to buy in Logos?
And are there any Dead Sea Scroll interlinear?
Thanks.
Some of the scrolls contain biblical texts. For these the standard Logos version, http://www.logos.com/product/5961/qumran-biblical-dead-sea-scrolls-database, contains only original languages (with morphology). However, http://www.logos.com/product/8933/dead-sea-scrolls-bible is in prepub at a very reasonable price.
For the non-biblical texts, which provide useful background information on a religious community around the time of Christ and are frequently referred to by commentaries, http://www.logos.com/product/4241/the-dead-sea-scrolls-study-edition-vol-i-1q1-4q273-vol-ii-4q274-11q31 is the scholarly edition from Logos, with original languages and English tranlations. http://www.logos.com/product/8868/the-dead-sea-scrolls-a-new-translation is in prepub, a companion to the prepub I mentioned above. Vermes' translation, http://www.logos.com/product/7129/the-dead-sea-scrolls-in-english, is well regarded. I don't have it and am not sure if the Logos edition has the complete scrolls or just a selection. It does seem very overpriced compared to editions at a popular online bookstore.
If you are just dabbling your foot in the subject, you may be best to order the prepubs and wait for them to come to fruition (both "under development" but no shipping date yet).
I would also highly recommend The Dead Sea Scrolls Bible in English. To my knowledge, it is the only English translation of the Biblical manuscripts found at Qumran.
http://www.logos.com/product/8933/dead-sea-scrolls-bible
If you want to learn about the scrolls The Dead Sea Scrolls Today by Vanderkam is very good and is available from Logos. The Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls, in my opinion, is even better but is still in prepub.
http://www.logos.com/product/555/the-dead-sea-scrolls-today
http://www.logos.com/product/8934/the-meaning-of-the-dead-sea-scrolls
Thanks. I have added the 3 pre-pub to the pre-order queue. Thanks.
Just 'resurrecting' this older thread ... Kolen signed up and I'm wondering whatever happened to the 'Dead Sea Scroll Bible'? I was reminded from another thread referring to this, this morning.
I don't know if you've noticed, but the authors are quite noted: Peter Flint, Martin Abegg and Eugene Ulrich.
Plus Logos has 'in development' the update for Martin Abegg's and others' update to the sectarian scrolls: http://www.logos.com/product/8868/the-dead-sea-scrolls-a-new-translation It's interesting the number of scrolls when this was first published and now the update (7 years ago!).
Of course the Peter Flint volume (with James VanderKam) is ALSO still 'In Development': http://www.logos.com/product/8934/the-meaning-of-the-dead-sea-scrolls
You wonder if Dead Sea scroll volumes are just like the original releases: never to be heard from again (at least until the whiners arrived)
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I am waiting for these to be completed. It would be nice if Logos could give us an update on these resources.
Every time I look at my Order Page I see the DSS volumes looking more and more lonely up there:
Though by now I'm beginning to wonder about the other two as well.
It's one thing when it's RI's, Logos-produced translations, or the like. Such things do, of course, take considerable time. But when fairly normal looking resources haven't been given a ship date 6 months or so after they reach 100%, it would be nice if they sent us an update.
Not that I have any urgent need for these, and not that I mind not having to part with the money, but the dollar is up about 16% the last year, and it looks like it's going to continue in that direction... [:'(] It was a lot less frustrating to wait when the dollar was going down. [:)]
Hmm. Logos has publishers in Europe. How about they open a bank account in Euros, let us foreigners pay in that currency if we prefer, and then use the money to pay those publishers?
Josephus introduces the Essenes as one of three Jewish “philosophies.” They are listed among the haireseis (whence heresies) of the Jews by Hegesippus and Epiphanius. vol. 2, The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary, ed. David Noel Freedman, 621Are we in danger of changing our Bibles to agree with the works of Heresies by using the Dead Sea Scrolls versions? Please publish soon so we can investigate the changes for ourselves.
I don't think that it is appropriate to label them "heretics" simply because the Greek term used is αἱρετιστής since this does not have the denotation or the connotation which our term "heretic" possesses. The αἱρετιστής is "one who chooses". When the related word αἰρετικός is used in Tit 3.10 it refers to a contentious person and not a heretic. Even in Josephus it should be clear that he is not calling the Essenes "heretics" since he calls the Pharisees and Sadducees such as well (and Josephus was of that party). It simply denotes a sect—or perhaps better yet, a party.
George has placed the word haireseis in its context for the time; but you might also want to know that the identification of the group responsible for the Qumran scrolls with the Essenes is not as certain as it once once, nor is it clear whether it can still be considered the consensus view. The recent Oxford Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls has some articles challenging it, and Michael Wise in his translation of the Scrolls (which we are still waiting for) has a section in his introduction challenging this identification.
From George Somsel “It simply denotes a sect—or perhaps better yet, a party.”Dave> And that [IMHO] defines most of the "heretics" in HistoryFrom Dean053 “know that the identification of the group responsible for the Qumran scrolls with the Essenes is not as certain as it once [was]”Dave> So we go from a group called “heretics” to some unknown ‘party’?From David Ames “Please publish soon so we can investigate the changes for ourselves.”Dave> Question: Can one give their own request a thumbs up?? Lets read the book and see where it goes!
So we go from a group called “heretics” to some unknown ‘party’?
You seem to ignore the fact that both the Pharisees and the Sadducees were also called sects by Josephus. Why do you insist then that only the Essenes are to be considered heretics? Somewhat inconsistent, don't you think?
As I understand it, broad support now exists for the proposal that the essenes may have altered the massorete texts. The major clue that finally broke open the mystery was (1) the close association of Qumran writings with the Samaritans and (2) a time-machine found in cave 11.
I know I'm being frivolous, but one seriously has to get the datings lined up in order to investigate the 'changes'. Much less 'heretics'.
It seems like the point may be moot since all modern translations already incorporate changes due to the DSS. It seems that changes that would be made have been made, so unless you are a KJVO, then you already have at least some changes.
Interesting!
As I understand it, broad support now exists for the proposal that the essenes may have altered the massorete texts.
From Dean053 “know that the identification of the group responsible for the Qumran scrolls with the Essenes is not as certain as it once [was]”Dave> So we go from a group called “heretics” to some unknown ‘party’?
You'll have to figure out the implications, if any, for yourself--I was simply pointing out (and thought you might appreciate being made aware) that the Essene hypothesis has taken a bashing of late, and that a good discussion on the matter can be found in the not-yet-published Logos edition of the Dead Sea Scrolls translated by Michael Wise.
