Biblical Hebrew Forum

[James Read <J.Read-2 AT sms.ed.ac.uk>]

Quoting dwashbur AT nyx.net:

> On 15 Aug 2009 at 10:21, Fred Schafer wrote:
>
> > Hi, I've just begun learning Hebrew, and I was wondering where I can
> > read the biblical manuscripts of the Dead Sea Scrolls.  So far, the
> > only books I can find have only the non-biblical material, such as
> > "The Dead Sea Scrolls Study Edition".  I've seen that Accordance
> > Bible Software has a DSS module, but the software and module cost
> > hundreds of dollars.  What other options are available?
>
> Not to be excessively self-promoting, but my book, "A Catalog of   
> Biblical Passages in the
> Dead Sea Scrolls," gives extensive bibliographic information for   
> both biblical scrolls and
> non-biblical scrolls containing biblical texts.  The vast majority   
> of the scrolls are published
> with photos in the series "Discoveries in the Judean Desert" from   
> Oxford, but believe me,
> you don't want to try and buy them.  Better to find a library that   
> has them because the cost
> of them makes the Accordance module look like a bargain.
>
> The other big problem with the Accordance module, of course, is that  
>  it pretty much only
> works on Mac, at least the last I heard.  But if you can get near a   
> decent academic library,
> my book can help you find some good quality photo editions and such   
> to work with.
>
> Dave Washburn
>
> http://www.nyx.net/~dwashbur
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