Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

Once I have the transcriptions translation will be easy. I plan to do  
it in semi-automated fashion.

James Christian

Quoting dwashbur AT nyx.net:

> No, I haven't.  I don't know of any such books; everything seems to   
> focus either on biblical
> or non-biblical documents, virtually nothing on both.  The goal of   
> my book was text-critical,
> and was intended to fill a gap by indexing biblical references in   
> non-biblical documents as
> well as the purely biblical ones.  Garcia Martinez' two-volume study  
>  edition of the non-
> biblical scrolls would be a good start for names and content, but I   
> don't know of anything
> currently available for the biblical scrolls.  Everybody wants to do  
>  translations, not
> transcriptions.
>
> On 17 Aug 2009 at 17:32, James Read wrote:
>
> > What I would be interested in at the moment would be a complete
> > listing of MSS both biblical and non biblical. Some sort of
> > catalogue
> > that logs the name, content and location of each and every MSS. This
> > would be a very useful starting point for building an online
> > database
> > of digital MSS. Have you written any books like that?
> >
> > James Christian
> >
> >
> > Quoting dwashbur AT nyx.net:
> >
> > > That was more or less my intention, yes.  If you don't have DJD,
> > my
> > > book's help will be
> > > limited of course.  But for what it's worth, it does give a brief
> > > textual analysis of each
> > > passage listed.  As far as "don't need to bother" with my book,
> > it's
> > >  a HUGE help for locating
> > > specific passages that one might want to check out.  Even in DJD,
> > > the biblical material is
> > > often hard to track down, so buying my book can be a handy
> > short-cut
> > >  since I've already
> > > done that work for you, hint hint ;-)  (Note to mods: please don't
> > > take me too seriously...)
> > >
> > > On 17 Aug 2009 at 15:04, James Read wrote:
> > >
> > >> I think Dave's intention was to show that more detailed
> > information
> > >> could be found in his book but a quick answer is that the
> > majority
> > >> are
> > >> in DJD so you don't need to bother. At least, that was the way
> > I
> > >> understood him anyway.
> > >>
> > >> James
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Quoting Steve Miller <smille10 AT sbcglobal.net>:
> > >>
> > >> > Dave,
> > >> > How would this book help me if I don't have DJD?
> > >> >
> > >> > Sincerely,
> > >> > -Steve Miller
> > >> > Detroit
> > >> > www.voiceInWilderness.info
> > >> > And I say unto you my friends,
> > >> > Be not afraid of them that kill the body,
> > >> > and after that have no more that they can do.
> > >> > But I will forewarn you whom you shall fear:
> > >> > Fear Him, who after He has killed
> > >> > has power to cast into hell.
> > >> > Yea, I say unto you, Fear Him. (Lk 12:4-5)
> > >> >
> > >> >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> >> From: dwashbur AT nyx.net
> > >> >> Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2009 3:03 PM
> > >> >> To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
> > >> >> Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Where to read biblical Dead Sea
> > Scroll
> > >> >>
> > >> >>
> > >> >>
> > >> >> 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/~dwashburn
> > >> >
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> > >
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