In this episode, Prof. Kathryn Schifferdecker and Katie Langston talk with Prof. Collins, Holmes Professor Emeritus of Old Testament at Yale Divinity School, about the question: What are the Dead Sea Scrolls and why do they matter?
Show notes
Biblical books and passages mentioned
- Torah/Pentateuch (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy)
- Isaiah
- Jeremiah
- Daniel
- Esther
- Ezra
- Nehemiah
- Chronicles
Recent Publications by Professor John J. Collins
- The Dead Sea Scrolls: A Biography (Princeton University Press, 2019)
Topics and themes mentioned
- The Great Isaiah Scroll
- Canonization
- The Temple Scroll
- Qumran Community
- Ben Sira
Ancient works mentioned
- Mishnah
- Rabbinic Corpus
- Midrash
- Samaritan Pentateuch/Torah
- Damascus Document
- Book of Jubilees
- Book of Enoch
