The Dead Sea Scrolls, Volume 5B: Qumran Greek Fragments, Hymns, Prayers, and Related Documents

This volume of the Princeton Theological Seminary Dead Sea Scrolls Project significantly helps us understand Jewish interpretations of Torah, preoccupations with purity, penchants for creating new prayers, the need to bless the Creator at all times, the sacredness of the land, eschatology, and celebrating the importance of the Creator "God" and "Israel."

Thanks to improved images supplied by the Israel Museum and focused research of other specialists, many of these compositions are significa...