UBBL 420 The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Biblical World

UBBL 420 The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Biblical World Spring 2019 – Tuesday/Thursday Section 01 – 11:10–12:35 pm (Duke 123) Division of Religion and Philosophy Department of Biblical and Religious Studies Format: 3 Units Following the APU Credit Hour policy, to meet the identified student learning outcomes of this course, the expectations are that this 3-unit course, delivered over a 15-week term will approximate 9 hours/week (approximate minimum) out of class student work, including (but not limited to) reading, research, and writing assignments. Instructor Contact Information Michael DeVries, Ph.D. (Cand.) Email: [email protected] Office: Duke 222 Office Hours: By appointment only. University Mission Statement Azusa Pacific University is an evangelical Christian community of disciples and scholars who seek to advance the work of God in the world through academic excellence in liberal arts and professional programs of higher education that encourage students to develop a Christian perspective of truth and life. Department Mission Statement The Department of Biblical and Religious Studies at Azusa Pacific University aims to equip undergraduate students by offering degree programs in Biblical and Religious Studies, supporting the General Education program with courses in Biblical Studies, and preparing undergraduate men and women for ministry, graduate programs, and various public and private sector vocations. Emphasis for Biblical Studies majors is placed upon training them in informed interpretation of the Christian Scriptures and integrating their understanding of the Bible with their responses to God, neighbor, and self as well as to just responses to human need. Emphasis for Religious Studies majors is placed upon training them to be faithful, wellinformed, and culturally sensitive participants in intercultural and interreligious dialogue and to engage the world from a place of committed Christian faith, awareness, and praxis. Course Description This course investigates the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in the late 1940s and the subsequent events surrounding their acquisition and scholarly evaluation. The archaeological excavation of the Qumran site, the implication of the findings for the understanding of the community that populated it, and the texts associated with it are explored as well. The importance of the scrolls for the text critical study of the Old Testament, the history of Judaism in the late Second Temple period, and various interpretations of the identity of the Qumran sectarians are evaluated. Prerequisites Completion of UBBL 300-level course or department approval. Course Student Learning Outcomes 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Detail the historical landscape of the Second Temple period—from Persian through the Roman periods. Position the Qumran movement within the larger sectarian landscape of Judaism in the Second Temple period. Detail the history of the discovery and research of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Discuss the nature of scripture in the Second Temple period and especially at Qumran, including the phenomena of parabiblical texts and re-written scripture. Summarize the major genres and works written by the Jewish sectarians at Qumran. Engage with current Qumran scholarship regarding areas of ideology, textual traditions, or historiography. Page 1 of 12 Student Learning Outcomes and Course Requirements 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Student Learning Outcome Detail the historical landscape of Second Temple period—from the Persian through the Roman periods. Position the Qumran movement within the larger sectarian landscape of Judaism in the Second Temple period. Detail the history of the discovery and research of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Detail the nature of scripture in the Second Temple period and at Qumran, including the phenomena of parabiblical texts and rewritten scripture. Summarize the major genre and works written by the Jewish sectarians at Qumran. Engage with current Qumran scholarship regarding areas of ideology, textual traditions, or historiography. IDEA Objective Gaining factual knowledge (terminology, classifications, methods, trends). Assignments Reading Quizzes Gaining factual knowledge (terminology, classifications, methods, trends). Reading Quizzes Gaining factual knowledge (terminology, classifications, methods, trends). Developing specific skills, competencies and points of view needed by professionals in the field most closely related to this course. Reading Quizzes Developing specific skills, competencies and points of view needed by professionals in the field most closely related to this course. Developing specific skills, competencies and points of view needed by professionals in the field most closely related to this course. Reading Quizzes and Project #2 Reading Quizzes and Project #1 Reading Quizzes and Project #3 Required Readings Brooke, George J. and Charlotte Hempel, eds., with the assistance of Michael DeVries and Drew Longacre. T&T Clark Companion to the Dead Sea Scrolls. London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2018. (CDSS) Collins, John J. and Daniel C. Harlow, eds. Early Judaism: A Comprehensive Overview. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2012. (EJ) García-Martínez, Florentino. The Dead Sea Scrolls Translated: The Qumran Texts in English. Translated by Wilfred G. E. Watson. Leiden: Brill; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1996. (FGM) Course Requirements/Assignments Reading Quizzes (125 points) Over the course of the semester there will be 12 reading quizzes covering our secondary reading (CDSS and EJ). These quizzes will cover the larger ideas and themes of the chapter and are designed to ensure your comprehension and integration of the reading material. Quizzes will consist of true and false, multiple choice, and/or fill in the blank questions. Project #1 – Genesis at Qumran (50 points) This project explores the writings related to the book of Genesis at Qumran and more widely within the Second Temple period. For this assignment you are to read closely one of the following pairs of texts: Jubilees 1–4 (including 4QJuba [4Q216] and 11QJub [11Q12]) and Gen 1 –5 OR 1QapGen 19–22 (known as Genesis Apocryphon) and Gen 12:8–15:4. After reading the assigned passages, compare and contrast the two sections. Describe and give examples of the similarities, differences, and additions in Jubilees or 1QapGen. Then, based upon this information, suggest the author’s purpose in writing Jubilees. What issues from the biblical text seem to captivate the authors? What does this tell us about the community that produced this literature? Your paper should be a minimum of four pages, double-spaced, with one-inch margins, and in Times New Roman 12 pt. font—and exhibit proper SBL style for all citations and bibliography. Project #2 – Manuscript Overview (100 points) For this project, you will select one of the following texts from the Qumran corpus—Pesher Habakkuk (1QpHab), Temple Scroll (11QTa), 4QHalakhic Letter (4QMMT), Rule of the Community (1QS), Hodayot (1QHa), Berakhot and Barki Nafshi, 4QInstruction, the War Scroll (1QM and 4QM), or Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice (4QShirShabb)—and prepare an overview of the manuscript or group of manuscripts. You will need to present the provenance of the text, the physical features of the text, the proposed dating, and the overall structure of the text. You should also present and interact with the content and the central thematic elements of your chosen text. You will need to use a minimum of five secondary sources for your paper. Your paper should be a minimum of five pages (not including your works cited page), double-spaced, with one-inch margins, and in Times New Roman 12 pt. font—and exhibit proper SBL style for all citations and bibliography. Your paper will be due by 11:59 pm (on Canvas) the evening prior to your presentation. On the day we cover your chosen text in class, you will be presenting your findings with others who have researched the same text in a 10 to 15-minute presentation. Page 2 of 12 Projects #3 – Qumran Research Paper (200 points) Your research paper will be the culmination of your scholarship in our class. You will need to choose an area to research and write a research paper showing a command of the topic, as well as interact with current research trends on the subject. You will need to consult general reference materials, as well as any pertinent monographs and journal articles. Your paper should be a minimum of 15 pages in length (not including the works cited page), double-spaced, with one-inch margins, and in Times New Roman 12 pt. font. Papers should exhibit proper SBL style for all citations and bibliography. The following are some examples of Qumran research topics: The archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls Material culture and scribal practice at Qumran The identification of the Yahad or Qumran movement Ritual purity at Qumran The process of entrance/initiation into the community Specific ideological concerns at Qumran—dualism, eschatology, messianism, etc. The role and function of the priesthood at Qumran Angelology and demonology in the scrolls Women in Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls Calendar or astrological concerns at Qumran The use of sobriquets in the Dead Sea Scrolls (e.g. “Wicked Priest,” “Teacher of Righteousness,” “Kittim,” etc.) The nature of re-written scripture at Qumran The exegetical tradition of a specific character (e.g. Abraham, Moses, Noah, Levi, etc.) Evaluation and Assessment Assessment of Projects Projects Genesis at Qumran (50 pts.) Manuscript Overview (100 pts.) Qumran Research Paper (200 pts.) 69% and below Submits a paper, which fulfills less than 69% of the assignments; fails to show personal effort; and lacks comprehension, comprehensiveness, analysis, and clarity. 70–79% Submits a paper, which fulfills all aspects of the assignment; shows average effort; and, demonstrates basic comprehension, comprehensiveness, analysis, and clarity. 80–89% Submits a paper, which fulfills all aspects of the assignment; shows above average effort; and, demonstrates good comprehension, comprehensiveness, analysis, and clarity. 90–100% Submits a paper, which fulfills all aspects of the assignment; shows outstanding effort; and, demonstrates exceptional comprehension, comprehensiveness, analysis, insightfulness, and clarity. B Tests and assignments show more than adequate knowledge regarding technical terms, distinctions, and possession of an ability to use information. A Tests and assignments show superior knowledge regarding details, assumptions, implications, history; superior thinking with information relevant to application, critique, and relationship to other information. Final Course Grade F Tests and assignments show absence of knowledge, incapable of carrying on a conversation about the subject, misunderstands most concepts, confuses all categories. D Tests and assignments show serious gaps in knowledge, confusion of concepts and categories, inability to recall basic information. C Tests and assignments show basic knowledge needed to function and carry on learning regarding major principles, central terms, major figures, also possesses an awareness of field or discipline. Criteria Used to Calculate Semester Grade: Reading Quizzes (12) Project #1 – Genesis at Qumran Project #2 – Manuscript Overview Project #3 – Qumran Research Paper Attendance TOTAL POINTS = = = = = = Page 3 of 12 125 points 50 points 100 points 200 points 25 points 500 points 25% 10% 20% 40% 5% 100% Semester Grading Scale: 500–470 = A 449–435 = B+ 469–450 = A434–415 = B 414–400 = B- 399–385 = C+ 384–365 = C 364–350 = C- 349–335 = D+ 334–315 = D 314–300 = D- Below 300 = F Course Policies Attendance: Class attendance is of paramount importance. Unexcused absences will result in a reduction of 5 points per occurrence. Students not in attendance are still responsible for class information, including announcements and any changes to the Course Schedule. In addition, all assignments are still due on the dates reflected in the Course Schedule. Arriving to class late, as well as leaving class early, will be dealt with on an individual basis and may result in a reduction of attendance points. Excused absences require a note from Doctor or Professor (for official APU scheduled event). Deadlines: All assignments must be completed and submitted on the assigned due date in the Course Schedule. All assignments must be submitted as a Word or PDF document through Canvas on the due date. Full credit will not be given to late assignments except in the case of serious illness that has been documented by a healthcare professional. Late assignments will receive a 10% reduction per day and be accepted up to a week late. After one full week, no late work will be accepted for any reason. Additionally, all reading quizzes and exams must be taken on the scheduled day. No make-ups will be allowed. Electronic Devices: Out of respect for your fellow colleagues and the instructor, the use of electronic devices such as smart phones, tablets, personal laptops are not permitted during class. Students are encouraged to maintain a notebook for class notes. PowerPoint presentations and lecture notes will be uploaded to Canvas for student use. University Policies The following link includes many policies and statements that are required to be included in this syllabus by Azusa Pacific University, the Department, and its accreditors. These policies and statements are provided for transparency and for your benefit. Please read them and communicate with your instructor as soon as possible if you have any questions. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1895mLW7dG4DrmnN5GkXrd8Di_BRylDjpod9P_EQSR2I/edit?usp=sharing Course Bibliography General Reference and Multi-Volume Works Brooke, George J. and Charlotte Hempel, eds., with the assistance of Michael DeVries and Drew Longacre. T&T Clark Companion to the Dead Sea Scrolls. London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2018. Charlesworth, James H., ed. The Dead Sea Scrolls: Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek Texts with English Translations. 9 Vols. PTSDSSP. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck; Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1995. ______. The Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls: The Second Princeton Symposium on Judaism and Christian Origins. 3 Vols. Waco: Baylor University Press, 2006. Collins, John J. and Daniel C. Harlow, eds. The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2010. Feldman, Louis H., James L. Kugel, and Lawrence H. Schiffman, eds. Outside the Bible: Ancient Jewish Writings Related to Scripture. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2013. Freedman, David Noel, ed. Anchor Bible Dictionary. 6 Vols. New York: Doubleday, 1992. Lim, Timothy H. and John J. Collins, eds. The Oxford Handbook of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. Sakenfeld, Katherine Doob, et al., eds. The New Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible. 5 Vols. Nashville: Abingdon, 2006–9. Schiffman, Lawrence H. and James C. VanderKam, eds. The Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls. 2 Vols. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. Second Temple Judaism – History and Texts Bauckham, Richard, James R. Davila, and Alexander Panayotov, eds. Old Testament Pseudepigrapha: More Non-Canonical Scriptures. Vol. 1. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2013. Baumgarten, Albert I. The Flourishing of Jewish Sects in the Maccabean Era. JSJSup 55. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 1997. Chang, Dongshin Don. Phinehas, The Sons of Zadok, and Melchizedek: Priestly Covenant in Late Second Temple Texts. LSTS 90. London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2016. Charlesworth, James H. Old Testament Pseudepigrapha. 2 vols. New York: Doubleday, 1983. Page 4 of 12 Cohen, Shaye J. D. From the Maccabees to the Mishnah. 3rd ed. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2014. Collins, John J. Jewish Wisdom in the Hellenistic Age. OTL. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1997. ______. Between Athens and Jerusalem: Jewish Identity in the Hellenistic Diaspora. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000. ______. Seers, Sibyls and Sages in Hellenistic-Roman Judaism. Leiden: Brill, 2001. ______. The Scepter and the Star: Messianism in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2010. ______. The Apocalyptic Imagination: An Introduction to Jewish Apocalyptic Literature. 3rd ed. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2016. Collins, John J. and Daniel C. Harlow, eds. Early Judaism: A Comprehensive Overview. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2012. Collins, John J. and Gregory E. Sterling, eds. Hellenism in the Land of Israel. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2001. Docherty, Susan. The Jewish Pseudepigrapha: An Introduction to the Literature of the Second Temple Period. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2015. Embry, Brad, Ronald Herms, and Archie T. Wright, eds. Early Jewish Literature: An Anthology. 2 vols. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2018. Goodman, Martin. The Ruling Class of Judea: The Origins of the Jewish Revolt against Rome A.D. 66–70. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987. Grabbe, Lester L. An Introduction to Second Temple Judaism: History and Religion of the Jews in the Time of Nehemiah, the Maccabees, Hillel, and Jesus. London: T&T Clark, 2010. Gruen, Erich S. Heritage and Hellenism: The Reinvention of Jewish Tradition. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998. Honigman, Sylvie. Tales and High Priests and Taxes: The Books of Maccabees and the Judean Rebellion against Antiochus IV. Oakland: The University of California Press, 2014. Hunt, Alice. Missing Priests: The Zadokites in Tradition and History. LOHBOTS 452. London: T&T Clark, 2006. Marshak, Adam Kolman. The Many Faces of Herod the Great. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2015. Mason, Steve. Josephus and the New Testament. 2nd ed. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2003. Najman, Hindy. Seconding Sinai: The Development of Mosiac Discourse in Second Temple Judaism. JSJSup 77. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2003. Nickelsburg, George W. E. Jewish Literature between the Bible and the Mishnah. 2nd ed. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2005. Pajunen, Mika S. and Jeremy Penner, eds. Functions of Psalms and Prayers in the Late Second Temple Period. BZAW 486. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2017. Rajak, Tessa. Josephus. 2nd ed. London: Duckworth, 2002. ______. The Jewish Dialogue with Greece and Rome: Studies in Cultural and Social Interaction. Leiden: Brill, 2002. Reinhartz, Adele. Caiaphas: The High Priest. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2011. Richardson, Peter. Herod: King of the Jews and Friend of the Romans. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1999. Rooke, Deborah W. Zadok’s Heirs: The Role and Development of the High Priesthood in Ancient Israel. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. Sanders, E. P. Judaism: Practice and Belief 63 BCE–66 CE. London: SCM Press, 1998. Schiffman, Lawrence H. From Text to Tradition: A History of Second Temple Judaism and Rabbinic Judaism. Hoboken, NJ: KTAV, 1991. Sharon, Nadav. Judea Under Roman Domination: The First Generation of Statelessness and Its Legacy. EJIL 46. Atlanta: SBL Press, 2017. Stone, Michael E., ed. Jewish Writings of the Second Temple Period. Assen: Van Gorcum, 1984. VanderKam, James C. Enoch: A Man for All Generations. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1995. ______. The Book of Jubilees. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2001. ______. An Introduction to Early Judaism. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2001. ______. From Joshua to Caiaphas: High Priests after the Exile. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2004. Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls Abegg, Martin, Peter Flint, and Eugene Ulrich. The Dead Sea Scrolls Bible: The Oldest Known Bible Translated for the First Time into English. New York: HarperCollins, 1999. Amihay, Aryeh. Theory and Practice in Essene Law. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016. Berstein, Moshe, Florentino García-Martínez, and John Kampen, eds. Legal Texts and Legal Issues: Proceedings of the Second Meeting of the International Organization for Qumran Studies Cambridge 1995, Published in Honour of Joseph M. Baumgarten. STDJ 23. Leiden: Brill, 1997. Black, Matthew. The Scrolls and Christian Origins: Studies in the Jewish Background of the New Testament. London: Thomas Nelson, 1961. Page 5 of 12 Boccaccini, Gabriele. Beyond the Essene Hypothesis: The Parting of the Ways Between Qumran and Enochic Judaism. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998. Brooke, George J. The Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament. Minnesota: Fortress Press, 2005. ______. Reading the Dead Sea Scrolls: Essays in Method. EJL 39. Atlanta: SBL Press, 2013. Brownlee, William H. The Text of Habakkuk in the Ancient Commentary from Qumran. SBMLS 11. Philadelphia: SBL, 1959. ______. The Midrash Pesher of Habakkuk. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1979. Burrows, Millar. The Dead Sea Scrolls of St. Mark’s Monastery: Volume 1: The Isaiah Manuscript and the Habakkuk Commentary. New Haven: ASOR, 1950. ______. The Dead Sea Scrolls. New York: Viking Press, 1955. ______. More Light on the Dead Sea Scrolls. New York: Viking Press, 1958. Campbell, Jonathan G. The Exegetical Texts. CQS 4. London: T&T Clark, 2004. Campbell, Jonathan G., William John Lyons, and Lloyd K. Pietersen, eds. New Directions in Qumran Studies: Proceedings of the Bristol Colloquium on the Dead Sea Scrolls, 8–10 September 2003. LSTS 52. London: T&T Clark, 2005. Charlesworth, James H. The Pesharim and Qumran History: Chaos or Consensus? Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2002. Charlesworth, James H., ed. Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls. New York: Doubleday, 1992. ______. Caves of Enlightenment: Proceedings of the American Schools of Oriental Research Dead Sea Scrolls Jubilee Symposium (1947–1997). North Richland Hills, TX: Bibal Press, 1998. Chazon, Esther G. and Betsy Halpern-Amaru in collaboration with Ruth A. Clements, eds. New Perspectives on Old Texts: Proceedings of the Tenth International Symposium of the Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature, 9–11 January, 2005. STDJ 88. Leiden: Brill, 2010. Clements, Ruth A., Menahem Kister, and Michael Segal, eds. The Religious Worldviews Reflected in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Symposium of the Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature, 28–30 May, 2013. STDJ 127. Leiden: Brill, 2018. Collins, John J. Apocalypticism in the Dead Sea Scrolls. London: Routledge, 1997. ______. Beyond the Qumran Community: The Sectarian Movement of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2010. ______. Scriptures and Sectarianism: Essays on the Dead Sea Scrolls. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2016. Collins, John J. and Craig A. Evans, eds. Christian Beginnings and the Dead Sea Scrolls. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2006. Collins, John J. and Robert A. Kugler, eds. Religion in the Dead Sea Scrolls. SDSSRL. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000. Collins, Matthew A. The Use of Sobriquets in the Qumran Dead Sea Scrolls. LSTS 67. London: T&T Clark, 2009. Crawford, Sidnie White. The Temple Scroll and Related Texts. CQS 2. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2000. ______. Rewriting Scripture in Second Temple Times. SDSSRL. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2008. Crawford, Sidnie White and Cecilia Wassen, eds. The Dead Sea Scrolls at Qumran and the Concept of a Library. STDJ 116. Leiden: Brill, 2016. Cross, Frank Moore. The Ancient Library of Qumran and Modern Biblical Studies. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1958. ______. “The Development of the Jewish Scripts.” Pages 133–202 in The Bible and the Ancient Near East: Essays in Honor of William Foxwell Albright. Edited by G. Ernest Wright. Winona Lake, IL: Eisenbrauns, 1979. Cross, Frank Moore and Shemaryahu Talmon, eds. Qumran and the History of the Biblical Text. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1975. Davies, Philip R. 1QM, the War Scroll from Qumran: Its Structure and History. BibOr 32. Rome: Biblical Institute Press, 1977. ______. Beyond the Essenes: History and Ideology in the Dead Sea Scrolls. BJS 94. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1987. Davies, Philip R., George J. Brooke, and Phillip R. Callaway. The Complete World of the Dead Sea Scrolls. New York: Thames & Hudson, 2011. Davila, James R. Liturgical Works. ECDSS. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000. Davis, Kipp. The Cave 4 Apocryphon of Jeremiah and the Qumran Traditions: Prophetic Persona and the Construction of Community Identity. STDJ 111. Leiden: Brill, 2014. Davis, Kipp, et al., eds. The War Scroll, Violence, War and Peace in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature: Essays in Honour of Martin G. Abegg on the Occasion of His 65th Birthday. STDJ 115. Leiden: Brill, 2015. Davis, Michael Thomas and Brent A. Strawn, eds. Qumran Studies: New Approaches, New Questions. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007. de Looijer, Gwynned. The Qumran Paradigm: A Critical Evaluation of Some Foundational Hypotheses in the Construction of the Qumran Sect. EJL 43. Atlanta: SBL Press, 2015. Dimant, Devorah, ed. The Dead Sea Scrolls in Scholarly Perspective: A History of Research. STJD 99. Leiden: Brill, 2012. Dimant, Devorah and Lawrence H. Schiffman, eds. Time to Prepare the Way in the Wilderness: Papers on the Qumran Scrolls by Fellows of the Institute for Advanced Studies of the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1989–1990. STDJ 16. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1995. Duhaime, Jean. The War Texts: 1QM and Related Manuscripts. CQS 6. London: T&T Clark, 2004. Page 6 of 12 Dupont-Sommer, André. The Jewish Sect of Qumran and the Essenes: New Studies on the Dead Sea Scrolls. New York: MacMillan, 1955. ______. The Essene Writings from Qumran. Translated by Geza Vermes. Oxford: Oxford Press, 1961. Eshel, Hanan. The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Hasmonean State. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans; Jerusalem: Yad Ben-Zvi, 2008. Evans, Craig A. and Peter W. Flint, eds. Eschatology, Messianism and the Dead Sea Scrolls. SDSSRL. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1977. Falk, Daniel K. Daily, Sabbath, and Festival Prayers in the Dead Sea Scrolls. STDJ 27. Leiden: Brill, 1998. Falk, Daniel K., et al., eds. Cave 1 Revisited: Texts from Cave 1 Sixty Years after Their Discovery: Proceedings from the Sixth Meeting of the IOQS in Lujubljana. STDJ 91. Leiden: Brill, 2010. Feldman, Ariel, Maria Cioata, and Charlotte Hempel, eds. Is There a Text in This Cave? Studies on the Textuality of the Dead Sea Scrolls in Honour of George J. Brooke. STDJ 119. Leiden: Brill, 2017. Fidanzio, Marcello, ed. The Caves of Qumran: Proceedings of the International Conference, Lugano 2014. STDJ 118. Leiden: Brill, 2017. Fields, Weston W. The Dead Sea Scrolls: A Short History. Leiden: Brill, 2006. ______. The Dead Sea Scrolls: A Full History: Volume 1: 1947–1960. Leiden: Brill, 2009. Fitzmyer, Joseph A. The Dead Sea Scrolls and Christian Origins. SDSSRL. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000. ______. The Genesis Apocryphon of Qumran Cave 1 (1Q20): A Commentary. 3rd ed. BibOr 18/B. Rome: Editrice Pontifico Instituto Biblico, 2004. ______. A Guide to the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature. Rev. and exp. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2008. Flint, Peter W. The Dead Sea Scrolls. Nashville: Abingdon, 2013. Flint, Peter W., ed. The Bible at Qumran: Text, Shape, and Interpretation. SDSSRL. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2001. Flint, Peter W. and James C. VanderKam, eds. The Dead Sea Scrolls After Fifty Years: A Comprehensive Assessment. 2 Vols. Leiden: Brill, 1998. Flint, Peter W., Jean Duhaime, and Kyung S. Baek, eds. Celebrating the Dead Sea Scrolls: A Canadian Collection. EJIL 30. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2011. Flusser, David. The Spiritual History of the Dead Sea Sect. Tel-Aviv: MOD Books, 1989. García-Martínez, Florentino. The Dead Sea Scrolls Translated: The Qumran Texts in English. Translated by Wilfred G. E. Watson. Leiden: Brill; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1996. García-Martínez, Florentino and Eibert J. C. Tigchelaar. The Dead Sea Scrolls Study Edition. 2 vols. Leiden: Brill, 2000. García-Martínez, Florentino and Julio Trebolle Barrera. The People of the Dead Sea Scrolls: Their Writings, Beliefs, and Practices. Leiden: Brill, 1995. García-Martínez, Florentino and Mladen Popvic, eds. Defining Identities: We, You, and the Other in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Proceedings of the Fifth Meeting of the IOQS in Groningen. STDJ 70. Leiden: Brill, 2008 Goff, Matthew J. 4QInstruction. WLAW 2. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2013. Goldstein, Binyamin Y., Michael Segal, and George J. Brooke, eds. Ha-ish Moshe: Studies in Scriptural Interpretation in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature in Honor of Moshe J. Bernstein. STDJ 122. Leiden: Brill, 2018. Grossman, Maxine L. Reading for History in the Damascus Document: A Methodological Study. STDJ 45. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2002. Grossman, Maxine L., ed. Rediscovering the Dead Sea Scrolls: An Assessment of Old and New Approaches and Methods. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2010. Harkins, Angela Kim. Reading with an “I” to the Heavens: Looking at the Qumran Hodayot Through the Lens of Visionary Traditions. Ekstasis 3. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2018. Harrington, Daniel J. Wisdom Texts from Qumran. London: Routledge, 1996. Harrington, Hannah K. The Impurity Systems of Qumran and the Rabbis: Biblical Foundations. SBLDS. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1993. ______. The Purity Texts. CQS 5. London: T&T Clark, 2004. Hartog, Pieter B. Pesher and Hypomnema: A Comparison of Two Commentary Traditions from the Hellenistic Roman Period. STDJ 121. Leiden: Brill, 2017. Hartog, Pieter B., Alison Schofield, and Samuel I. Thomas, eds. The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Study of the Humanities: Method, Theory, Meaning: Proceedings of the Eighth Meeting of the International Organization for Qumran Studies (Munich, 4–7 August, 2013). STDJ 125. Leiden: Brill, 2018. 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Translated by Batya and Chaim Rabin. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1962 [Hebrew, 1955]. Digital Resources The Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library – http://www.deadseascrolls.org.il/home The Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Project/The Israel Museum – http://dss.collections.imj.org.il Page 9 of 12 The Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature – http://orion.mscc.huji.ac.il Page 10 of 12 Course Schedule Course schedule, topics, evaluation, and assignments may be changed at the Instructor’s discretion. Students will be responsible to have all reading and writing assignments completed by the assigned week. All assignments must be submitted as a Word document or PDF file through Canvas by 11:59 pm on the due date. Week Topics Reading Assignments Week 1 Jan. 8 Intro to DSS and the Biblical World Jan. 10 The Discovery/Cave 1 Overview CDSS: Ch. 1; FGM: pp. xxxvi–xliv Student Info Sheet Week 2 Jan. 15 History of Second Temple Period EJ: “Jewish History from Alexander to Hadrian” Jan. 17 Judaism in the Second Temple Period Reading Quiz #1 EJ: “Judaism in the Land of Israel” Week 3 Jan. 22 The Archaeology of Qumran CDSS: Ch. 2 and 8; Jan. 24 DSS Manuscript Overview CDSS: Ch. 3 and 4; EJ: “The Dead Sea Scrolls” Reading Quiz #2 Week 4 Jan. 29 Material Culture: Reconstruction/Dating CDSS: Ch. 14–15 Jan. 31 Scribal Culture and Practice CDSS: Ch. 16, 71 Reading Quiz #3 Week 5 Feb. 5 APU Fragments and Provenance Feb. 7 Biblical Text at Qumran CDSS: Ch. 55; EJ: “The Jewish Scriptures” Reading Quiz #4 Week 6* Feb. 12 Research Day Feb. 14 Parabiblical Texts/Rewritten Scripture CDSS: Ch. 56, 33, 36; FGM: 218–24, 230–41 Genesis at Qumran; RQ #5 Week 7 Feb. 19 Exegesis and Interpretation: Pesharim CDSS: Ch. 57, 44; FGM: 185–207 1QpHab Feb. 21 Halakhah: 11QT and 4QMMT CDSS: Ch. 58, 51, 41; FGM: 77–85, 154–84 11QT; 4QMMT; RQ #6 Week 8 Feb. 26 Rule Texts: Damascus Document (CD) CDSS: Ch. 59, 35; FGM: 33–47 Feb. 28 Rule Texts: Rule of the Community (1QS) CDSS: Ch. 45–47; FGM: 3–19, 126–28; 432–33 1QS; Reading Quiz #7 March 5 –7 Mid-Semester Break (NO CLASS) Week 9 Mar. 12 Poetry and Hymns: Hodayot CDSS: Ch. 60, 37; FGM: 317–62 1QHa Mar. 14 Liturgical Texts CDSS: Ch. 61, 29, 32, 54; FGM: 407–18; 434–37 Berakhot/Barki Nafshi; RQ#8 Week 10 Mar. 19 Wisdom Texts CDSS: Ch. 63, 31, 38, 53; FGM: 379–98 4QInstruction Mar. 21 Astronomical and Calendrical Texts CDSS: Ch. 62, 64; FGM: 445–57 Reading Quiz #9 Week 11 Mar. 26 War Texts (1QM and 4QM fragments) CDSS: Ch. 75, 40; FGM: 95–125 1QM Mar. 28 God(s), Angels, and Demons CDSS: Ch. 67, 48; FGM: 371–78, 419–31 4QShirShabbat; RQ #10 Week 12 Apr. 2 Eschatology and Messianism CDSS: Ch. 68, 39, 43, 49; FGM: 129–40 Apr. 4 Ethics and Dualism CDSS: Ch. 74 Reading Quiz #11 Week 13 Apr. 9 Purity and Holiness CDSS: Ch. 70; FGM: 86–92 Apr. 11 Daily Life of the Yahad CDSS: Ch. 73, 22 Reading Quiz #12 Week 14 Apr. 16 The Community at Qumran CDSS: Ch. 72, 6, 7 Apr. 18 Easter Break (NO CLASS) Week 15 Apr. 22 Student Presentations Apr. 25 Student Presentations Apr. 26 Qumran Research Paper Page 11 of 12 PLEASE FILL OUT THIS FORM AND SUBMIT IT TO THE INSTRUCTOR. STUDENT INFORMATION SHEET UBBL 420 The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Biblical World Spring 2019 Name: _____________________________________________________ APU Box # _______________________ Student ID # __________________________________ Email address ______________________________________________ Cell # __________________________________ Present class standing: ______ Senior My primary language is: ______ English Other Contact # _______________________________ ______ Junior ______ Sophomore ______ Freshman ______ Other: __________________________ I was born in: _______________________________ I was raised in: ___________________________________ Major: _____________________________________________________________________________________ Why did you choose this major? _________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Career plans? ________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Something interesting about you? ________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ What do you hope to get out of this class? _________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Page 12 of 12