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

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."

• See Qumran Studies

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)

• 1996 (Jerusalem) - First International Symposium: Biblical Perspectives: Early Use and Interpretation of the Bible in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls (12-14 May 1996)
  • Biblical Perspectives: Early Use and Interpretation of the Bible in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls (1998 Stone/Chazon), edited volume

The Second International Orion Symposium (1997)

• 1997 (Jerusalem) - Second International Symposium: Pseudepigraphic Perspectives: The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls (12-14 January 1997)
  • Pseudepigraphical Perspectives: The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls (1999 Chazon/Stone), edited volume

The Third International Orion Symposium (1998)

• 1998 (Jerusalem) - Third International Symposium: The Damascus Document: A Centennial of Discovery (4-8 February 1998)
  • The Damascus Document: A Centennial of Discovery (2000 Baumgarten/Chazon), edited volume

The Fourth International Orion Symposium (1999)

• 1999 (Jerusalem) - Fourth International Symposium: Historical Perspectives: From the Hasmoneans to Bar Kokhba in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls (27-31 January 1999)
  • Historical Perspectives: From the Hasmoneans to Bar Kokhba in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls (2001 Goodblatt/Pinnick/Schwartz), edited volume

The Fifth International Orion Symposium (2000)

• 2000 (Jerusalem) - Fifth International Symposium: Liturgical Perspectives: Prayer and Poetry in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls (19-23 January 2000)
  • Liturgical Perspectives: Prayer and Poetry in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls (2003 Chazon), edited volume

The Sixth International Orion Symposium (2001)

• 2001 (Jerusalem) - Sixth International Symposium: Sapiential Perspectives: Wisdom Literature in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls (20-22 May 2001)
  • Sapiential Perspectives: Wisdom Literature in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls (2004 Collins/Sterling/Clements), edited volume

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)

• 2003 (Jerusalem) - Eighth International Symposium: Rabbinical Perspectives: Rabbinic Literature and the Dead Sea Scrolls (7-9 January, 2003)
  • Rabbinic Perspectives: Rabbinic Literature and the Dead Sea Scrolls (2006 Fraade/Shemesh/Clements), edited volume

The Ninth International Orion Symposium (2004)

• 2004 (Jerusalem) - Ninth International Symposium (in association with the Hebrew University Center for the Study of Christianity): Text, Thought, and Practice in Qumran and Early Christianity (11–13 January 2004)
  • Text, Thought, and Practice in Qumran and Early Christianity (2009 Clements/Schwartz), edited volume

The Tenth International Orion Symposium (2005)

• 2005 (Jerusalem) - Tenth International Symposium: New Perspectives on Old Texts (January 9–11, 2005)
  • New Perspectives on Old Texts (2010 Chazon, Amaru), edited volume

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

• The Orion Center Bibliography of the Dead Sea Scrolls, 1995-2000 (2001 Pinnick), book

• Things Revealed: Studies in Early Jewish and Christian Literature (2004 Chazon/Satran/Clements), edited volume

External links

• Orion Center Website
• Wikipedia