The Provo International Conference on the Dead Sea Scrolls: Technological Innovations, New Texts, and Reformulated Issues (Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah)

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Table of Contents
Introduction
TECHNOLOGY
	Imaging Clarified
	The Allegro Qumran Photograph Collection: Old Photos and New Information
	Putting the Pieces Together: DNA and the Dead Sea Scrolls
	Archaeological Applications of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
EDITIONS AND ANALYSES OF TEXTS
	The Impact of the Scrolls on Biblical Studies
	4QSam (4Q51): A Preliminary Edition of 1 Samuel 25:3-31:4
	The Oldest Psalms Manuscript: 4QPs (4Q83)
	A Preliminary Edition of 4QPs (4Q86)
	Toward a New Edition of 1QGenesis Apocryphon
	A Case of Mistaken Identity: Testament of Naphtali (4Q215) and Time of Righteousness (4Q215)
	4QTime of Righteousness (4Q215, Olim 4QTNaphtali): A Preliminary Publication of Fragment 1 ii
	Biblical Adaptation in 4Q392 Works of God and 4Q393 Communal Confession
	4Q437: A First Look at an Unpublished Barki Nafshi Text
	4QMiscellaneous Fragments: Progress and Problems
	Reconstructing 11Q17 Shirot \'Olat Ha-Shabbat
	More Fragments of 11QNJ
	Noah and the Flood at Qumran
	Correction Procedures in the Texts from the Judean Desert
THE QUMRAN COMMUNITY
	How and Where Did the Qumranites Live?
	Qumran and the Ancient Sources
	Qumran Names
	In Search of the Sitz Im Leben of the Community Rule
	Community Origins in the Damascus Document in the Light of Recent Scholarship
	The Meaning and Significance of CD 20:13-15
	The Essene Yearly Renewal Ceremony and the Baptism of Repentance
	John the Baptizer and Qumran Barriers in Light of the Rule of the Community
CALENDAR
	Calendar Controversy in Ancient Judaism: The Case of the \"Community of the Renewed Covenant\"
	Does Anyone Really Know What Time it Is: A Reexamination of 4Q503 in Light of 4Q317
	An Astronomical Measuring Instrument from Qumran
	Some Observations on the New Mishmarot Texts from Qumran
LEVI AND THE PRIESTHOOD
	The Aramaic Levi Document
	The Priesthood at Qumran: The Evidence of References to Levi and the Levites
	Priestly and Levitical Gifts in the Temple Scroll
	Isaac\'s Blessing of Levi and His Descendants in Jubilees 31
MESSIANISM AND ESCHATOLOGY
	Structural Aspects of Qumran Messianism in the Damascus Document
	Messianic Forgiveness of Sin in CD 14:19 (4Q266 10 i 12-13)
	Some Remarks on 4Q246 and 4Q521 and Qumran Messianism
	\"The Two Sons of Oil\": Early Evidence of Messianic Interpretation of Zechariah 4:14 in 4Q254 4 2
	Renewed Earth and Renewed People: 4Q475
WISDOM AND LITURGY
	The Sapiential Work 4Q415ff and Pre-Qumranic Works from Qumran: Lexical Considerations
	In the Likeness of the Holy Ones: The Creation of Humankind in a Wisdom Text from Qumran
	The Identification of the \"Speaker\" of the Self-Glorification Hymn
	The Textual, Literary, and Religious Character of 4QBerakhot (4Q286-290)
Index of Modern Authors
Citation Index