After Qumran

Old and Modern Editions of the Biblical Texts - The Historical Books

Edited by H. Ausloos Edited by B. Lemmelijn Edited by J. Trebolle Barrera

Book cover: After Qumran

Extent: 334 pages

Publisher: Peeters Publishers

Subjects: Biblical Studies

Series: Bibliotheca Ephemeridum Theologicarum Lovaniensium

Series volume number: 246

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(March 2012)

ISBN: 9789042925731

Price: $105.00

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The discoveries of the Dead Sea, as we are used to call them, have changed the scholarly landscape of textual criticism to a considerable, if not enormous, extent. The state of the art with respect to both the textual development and the interpretation of the literary and theological form of individual biblical books has been seriously challenged. It appears as if no single book can escape from reinterpretation from this perspective. One of the collections of texts that can serve as an outstanding example on which the Dead Sea Scrolls have shed new light, can be found in the so-called Historical Books.


The discoveries of the Dead Sea, as we are used to call them, have changed the scholarly landscape of textual criticism to a considerable, if not enormous, extent. The state of the art with respect to both the textual development and the interpretation of the literary and theological form of individual biblical books has been seriously challenged. It appears as if no single book can escape from reinterpretation from this perspective. One of the collections of texts that can serve as an outstanding example on which the Dead Sea Scrolls have shed new light, can be found in the so-called Historical Books. Against that background, and in co-operation with the Louvain Centre for Septuagint Studies and Textual Criticism (CSSTC) of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (BE) and the Universidad de Alcala (ES), the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (ES) has organised an international expert symposium on the theme: “After Qumran: old and new editions of biblical texts – the Historical Books” (31 May – 2 June 2010). This volume presents the proceedings of this highly enriching symposium.

  • Edited by H. Ausloos
  • Edited by B. Lemmelijn
  • Edited by J. Trebolle Barrera