Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls (1995-), learned society

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The Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature (1995-) is a research Center, aimed to "stimulate and foster research on the Dead Sea Scrolls, particularly the great task of integrating the new information gained from the Scrolls into the body of knowledge about Jewish history and religion in the Second Temple period."

History

The Orion Center was established in 1995 as part of the Institute for Jewish Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The Center organizes international conferences. Its website provides many resources for the study of the Scrolls, as well as information about the Center's activities and programs.

Meetings and Proceedings of the Orion Center

The First International Orion Symposium (1996)

The Second International Orion Symposium (1997)

The Third International Orion Symposium (1998)

The Fourth International Orion Symposium (1999)

The Fifth International Orion Symposium (2000)

The Sixth International Orion Symposium (2001)

The Seventh International Orion Symposium (2002)

  • 2002 (Jerusalem) - Seventh International Symposium (in association with the Hebrew University Institute for Advanced Studies Research Group on Qumran): Reworking the Bible: Apocryphal and Related Texts at Qumran (15–17 January 2002)
    • Esther G. Chazon, Devorah Dimant & Ruth A. Clements, eds. Reworking the Bible: Apocryphal and Related Texts at Qumran. Proceedings of a Joint Symposium by the Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature and the Hebrew University Institute for Advanced Studies Research Group on Qumran, 15–17 January, 2002. Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah 58. Leiden: Brill, 2005.

The Eighth International Orion Symposium (2003)

The Ninth International Orion Symposium (2004)

The Tenth International Orion Symposium (2005)

The Eleventh International Orion Symposium (2007)

  • 2007 (Jerusalem) - Eleventh International Symposium: New Approaches to the Study of Biblical Interpretation in Judaism of the Second Temple Period and in Early Christianity (June 18-21, 2007)

The Twelfth International Orion Symposium (2008)

  • 2008 (Jerusalem) - Twelfth International Symposium: Hebrew in the Second Temple Period: The Hebrew of the Dead Sea Scrolls and of Other Contemporary Sources (29–31 December 2008)

The Thirteenth International Orion Symposium (2011)

  • "Tradition, Transmission, and Transformation: From Second Temple Literature through Judaism and Christianity in Late Antiquity
  • 22–24 February 2011

The Fourteenth International Orion Symposium (2013)

"The Religious Worldviews Reflected in the Dead Sea Scrolls"

Symposium at the Orion Center, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Jeursalem, Israel, 28–30 May 2013

Publications of the Orion Center

  • Shalom M. Paul, Michael E. Stone, and Avital Pinnick, eds. 'Al Kanfei Yonah: Collected Studies of Jonas C. Greenfield on Semitic Philology. Two volumes. Leiden: Brill; Jerusalem: The Hebrew University Magnes Press, 2001. CONTENTS

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