Religious History & Theology

The Dead Sea Scrolls Today

James C. VanderKam

Introduction to the scrolls, their discovery, and their historical importance.

Subject matter

Dead Sea Scrolls; Qumran; archaeology

Culture / tradition

Second Temple Judaism; modern scholarship

Publication / composition

1994

Edition publication year

Not specified

Historical figures

Not specified

Historical timeframe

Classical Era (500 BCE–500 CE) · 250 BCE – 68 CE

Ancient manuscript context; discovery from 1947 is a separate modern period.