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Marcello Fidanzio, ed. The Great Isaiah Scroll: A voice from the desert. Göttingen : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2026.

Abstract

The Great Isaiah Scroll lives up to its present-day name: with its over 7 meters, it preserves a complete text of one of the most extensive Hebrew Bible books.Leading experts in Dead Sea Scrolls studies take the reader on a tour from the Qumran settlement and the caves to the Scrolls and then focus on the Great Isaiah Scroll.

Contents

Preface / Yaron Sideman, Giovanni Cesare Pagazzi -- The Dead Sea Scrolls as archaeological artifacts / George J. Brooke -- What are the Dead Sea Scrolls? / Emanuel Tov -- The archaeology of the Qumran settlement / Jodi Magness -- The discovery of Qumran, a turning point in the life of Roland de Vaux / Jean Jacques Pérennès -- Qumran Cave 1Q / Marcello Fidanzio -- Scroll jars / Dennis Mizzi -- The linen textiles found in the Qumran caves / Naama Sukenik, Orit Shamir -- Destiny / Yigael Yadin -- Parchment and leather / Claudia Colini, Grzegorz Nehring -- Black inks in the Dead Sea Scrolls / Grzegorz Nehring, Claudia Colini -- William F. Albright letter to John C. Trever / Sidnie White Crawford -- A material approach to the Great Isaiah Scroll / Marcello Fidanzio -- Material properties of the Great Isaiah Scroll / Ira Rabin -- Digital paleography, chronology, and dating of the Great Isaiah Scroll / Mladen Popović -- Later additions in the Great Isaiah Scroll / Eibert Tigchelaar -- Scribal marks in the Great Isaiah Scroll / Noam Mizrahi, Marta Feliciangeli -- The Great Isaiah Scroll and the Hebrew Bible at Qumran / Noam Mizrahi -- The Great Isaiah Scroll and the vitality of the Bible / Hindy Najman, Rebekah Van Sant, Ruthanne Brooks -- Isaiah in Second Temple literature / Lawrence H. Schiffman -- The Book of Isaiah and its reception in the New Testament / Jörg Frey -- The Great Isaiah Scroll's way to modern Bible translations / Jutta Jokiranta.