Discoveries in the Judaean Desert
Encyclopedia
Discoveries in the Judaean Desert (or DJD) is the almost complete 40 volume series that serves as the editio princeps
for the Dead Sea Scrolls
. It is published by Oxford University Press
. Volume 39 provides an introduction for, and summaries of, the preceding 38 volumes. Volume 32 is the final book and is available today.
Editio princeps
In classical scholarship, editio princeps is a term of art. It means, roughly, the first printed edition of a work that previously had existed only in manuscripts, which could be circulated only after being copied by hand....
for the Dead Sea Scrolls
Dead Sea scrolls
The Dead Sea Scrolls are a collection of 972 texts from the Hebrew Bible and extra-biblical documents found between 1947 and 1956 on the northwest shore of the Dead Sea, from which they derive their name...
. It is published by Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press is the largest university press in the world. It is a department of the University of Oxford and is governed by a group of 15 academics appointed by the Vice-Chancellor known as the Delegates of the Press. They are headed by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as...
. Volume 39 provides an introduction for, and summaries of, the preceding 38 volumes. Volume 32 is the final book and is available today.
Contents
- D Barthélemy (editor) and JT Milik. Qumran Cave I. DJD I: Qumran Cave 1.I. Oxford: Clarendon, 1955. xi + 163 pp. + xxxvii plates.
- P. Benoit, JT Milik and R de Vaux. Les grottes de Murabba'at. DJD II. Oxford: Clarendon, 1961. xv + 314 pp. + cvii plates.
- M Baillet, JT Milik and R de Vaux (editors). Les 'Petites Grottes' de Qumrân. DJD III. Oxford: Clarendon, 1962. xiii + 315 pp. + lxxi plates.
- JA Sanders. The Psalms Scroll of Qumrân Cave 11 (11QPsa). DJD IV: Cave 11.I. Oxford: Clarendon, 1965. xi + 97 pp. + xvii plates.
- John Marco AllegroJohn Marco AllegroJohn Marco Allegro was a scholar who challenged orthodox views of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Bible and the history of religion, with books that attracted popular attention and scholarly derision....
with AA Anderson. 4Q158–4Q186. DJD V: Qumrân Cave 4.I. Oxford: Clarendon, 1968. xii + 111 pp. + xxxi plates. - R de Vaux and JT Milik. I. Archéologie, II. Tefillin, Mezuzot et Targums (4Q128–4Q157). DJD VI: Qumrân grotte 4.II. Oxford: Clarendon, 1977. xi + 91 pp. + xxviii plates.
- M Baillet. 4Q482–4Q520. DJD VII: Qumrân grotte 4.III. Oxford: Clarendon, 1982. xiv + 339 pp. + lxxx plates.
- Emanuel TovEmanuel TovEmanuel Tov is Professor in the Department of Bible at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, corresponding to Fellow of the British Academy , since 2006.-Biography:...
with the collaboration of RA Kraft. The Greek Minor Prophets Scroll from Nahal Hever (8HevXIIgr). DJD VIII. Oxford: Clarendon, 1990; reprinted with corrections 1995. x + 169 pp. + xx plates. - PW Skehan, E Ulrich, and JE Sanderson. Paleo Hebrew and Greek Biblical Manuscripts. DJD IX: Qumran Cave 4.IV. Oxford: Clarendon, 1992. xiii + 250 pp. + xlvii plates.
- E Qimron and J Strugnell. Miqsat Ma'ase ha-Torah. DJD X: Qumran Cave 4.V. Oxford: Clarendon, 1994. xiv + 235 pp. + viii plates.
- E Eshel and others, in consultation with J VanderKam and M Brady. Poetical and Liturgical Texts, Part 1. DJD XI: Qumran Cave 4.VI. Oxford: Clarendon, 1998. xi + 473 pp. + xxxii pl.
- Eugene UlrichEugene UlrichDoctor Eugene Charles Ulrich is the John A. O'Brien Professor of Hebrew Scripture and Theology in the Department of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. He is Chief Editor of the Biblical texts of the Dead Sea Scrolls and one of the three General Editors of the Scrolls International...
, Frank Moore Cross, and others. Genesis to Numbers. DJD XII: Qumran Cave 4 VII. Oxford: Clarendon, 1994. xv + 272 pp. + xlix plates. - H Attridge and others, in consultation with J VanderKam. Parabiblical Texts, Part 1. DJD XIII: Qumran Cave 4.VIII. Oxford: Clarendon, 1994. x + 470 pp. + xliii plates.
- Eugene UlrichEugene UlrichDoctor Eugene Charles Ulrich is the John A. O'Brien Professor of Hebrew Scripture and Theology in the Department of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. He is Chief Editor of the Biblical texts of the Dead Sea Scrolls and one of the three General Editors of the Scrolls International...
, Frank Moore CrossFrank Moore CrossFrank Moore Cross, Jr. is Hancock Professor of Hebrew and Other Oriental Languages Emeritus at Harvard University, notable for his work in the interpretation of the Dead Sea Scrolls, his 1973 magnum opus Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic, and his work in Northwest Semitic epigraphy...
, and others. Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Kings. DJD XIV: Qumran Cave 4.IX. Oxford: Clarendon, 1995; reprinted 1999. xv + 183 pp. + xxxvii plates. - Eugene UlrichEugene UlrichDoctor Eugene Charles Ulrich is the John A. O'Brien Professor of Hebrew Scripture and Theology in the Department of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. He is Chief Editor of the Biblical texts of the Dead Sea Scrolls and one of the three General Editors of the Scrolls International...
and others. The Prophets. DJD XV: Qumran Cave 4.X. Oxford: Clarendon, 1997. xv + 325 pp. + lxiv plates. - Eugene UlrichEugene UlrichDoctor Eugene Charles Ulrich is the John A. O'Brien Professor of Hebrew Scripture and Theology in the Department of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. He is Chief Editor of the Biblical texts of the Dead Sea Scrolls and one of the three General Editors of the Scrolls International...
and others. Psalms to Chronicles. DJD XVI: Qumran Cave 4 XI. Oxford: Clarendon, 2000. xv + 302 pp. +xxxviii plates. - Frank Moore CrossFrank Moore CrossFrank Moore Cross, Jr. is Hancock Professor of Hebrew and Other Oriental Languages Emeritus at Harvard University, notable for his work in the interpretation of the Dead Sea Scrolls, his 1973 magnum opus Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic, and his work in Northwest Semitic epigraphy...
and others. 1-2 Samuel. DJD XVII: Qumran Cave 4.XII. Oxford: Clarendon, 2005. 332 pp. + xxviii plates. - JM Baumgarten. The Damascus Document (4Q266–273). DJD XVIII: Qumran Cave 4.XIII. Oxford: Clarendon, 1996. xix + 236 pp. + xlii plates.
- M Broshi and others, in consultation with J VanderKam. Parabiblical Texts, Part 2. DJD XIX: Qumran Cave 4.XIV. Oxford: Clarendon, 1995. xi +267 pp. + xxix plates.
- T Elgvin and others, in consultation with JA Fitzmyer. Sapiential Texts, Part 1. DJD XX: Qumran Cave 4.XV. Oxford: Clarendon, 1997. xi + 246 pp. + xviii plates.
- S Talmon, J Ben-Dov, U Glessmer. Calendrical Texts. DJD XXI: Qumran Cave 4.XVI. Oxford: Clarendon, 2001. xii + 263 pp. + xiii plates.
- GJ Brooke and others, in consultation with J Vanderkam. Parabiblical Texts, Part 3. DJD XXII: Qumran Cave 4.XVII. Oxford: Clarendon, 1996. xi + 352 pp. + xxix plates.
- F García Martínez, EJC Tigchelaar, and AS van der Woude. 11Q2–18, 11Q20–31. DJD XXIII: Qumran Cave 11.II. Oxford: Clarendon, 1998. xiii + 487 pp. + liv plates.
- MJW Leith. Wadi Daliyeh Seal Impressions. DJD XXIV. Oxford: Clarendon, 1997. xxv + 249 pp. + xxiv plates.
- É. Puech. Textes hébreux (4Q521–4Q528, 4Q576–4Q579). DJD XXV: Qumran Cave 4.XVIII. Oxford: Clarendon, 1998. xii + 229 pp. + xv plates.
- P Alexander and Géza VermesGeza VermesGéza Vermes or Vermès is a British scholar of Jewish Hungarian origin and writer on religious history, particularly Jewish and Christian. He is a noted authority on the Dead Sea Scrolls and other ancient works in Aramaic, and on the life and religion of Jesus...
. 4QSerekh Ha-Yaȟad and Two Related Texts. DJD XXVI: Qumran Cave 4.XIX. Oxford: Clarendon, 1998. xvii + 253 pp. + xxiv plates. - HM Cotton and Ada Yardeni. Aramaic, Hebrew, and Greek Documentary Texts from Naḥal Hever and Other Sites: with an Appendix Containing Alleged Qumran Texts (The Seiyâl Collection II). DJD XXVII. Oxford: Clarendon, 1997. xxvii + 381 pp. + 33 figures + lxi plates.
- D Gropp. Wadi Daliyeh II: The Samaria Papyri for Wadi Daliyeh E Schuller and others, in consultation with J VanderKam and M Brady. Miscellanea, Part 2. DJD XXVIII: Qumran Cave 4.XXVIII. Oxford: Clarendon, 2001. xv + 254 pp. + lxiii plates.
- E Chazon and others, in consultation with J VanderKam and M Brady, Poetical and Liturgical Texts, Part 2. DJD XXIX: Qumran Cave 4.XX. Oxford: Clarendon, 1999. xiii + 478 pp. + xxviii plates.
- D Dimant. Parabiblical Texts, Part 4: Pseudo-Prophetic Texts. DJD XXX: Qumran Cave 4.XXI. Oxford: Clarendon, 2001. xiv + 278 pp. + xii plates.
- É Puech. Textes araméens, première partie: 4Q529–549. DJD XXXI: Qumran Grotte 4.XXII. Oxford: Clarendon, 2001. xviii + 439 pp. + xxii plates.
- PW Flint and E Ulrich. The Isaiah Scrolls. DJD XXXII. Qumran Cave 1.II. Oxford: Clarendon, 2009.
- DM Pike and A Skinner with a contribution by TL Szink, in consultation with J VanderKam and M Brady. Unidentified Fragments. DJD XXXIII: Qumran Cave 4.XXIII. Oxford: Clarendon, 2001. xv + 376 pp. + xli plates.
- J Strugnell, DJ Harrington and T Elgvin, in consultation with JA Fitzmyer, 4QInstruction (Musar leMevin): 4Q415 ff. DJD XXXIV: Qumran Cave 4.XXIV. Oxford: Clarendon, 1999. xvi + 584 pp. + xxxi plates.
- J Baumgarten and others. Halakhic Texts. DJD XXXV: Qumran Cave 4.XXV. Oxford: Clarendon, 1999. xi + 173 pp. + xii plates.
- SJ Pfann. Cryptic Texts; PS Alexander and others, in consultation with J VanderKam and M Brady. Miscellanea, Part 1. DJD XXXVI: Qumran Cave 4.XXVI. Oxford: Clarendon, 2000. xvi + 739 + xlix plates.
- É Puech. Textes araméens, deuxième partie: 4Q550–575, 580–582. DJD XXXVII: Qumran Cave 4.XXVII. Oxford: Clarendon, 2008.
- J Charlesworth and others, in consultation with J VanderKam and M Brady. Miscellaneous Texts from the Judaean Desert. DJD XXXVIII. Oxford: Clarendon, 2000. xvii + 250 pp. + xxxvi plates.
- Emanuel Tov (editor). The Text from the Judaean Desert: Indices and an Introduction to the Discoveries in the Judaean Desert Series. DJD XXXIX. Oxford: Clarendon, 2002. x + 452 pp.
- C. Newsom, Hartmut Stegemann, and Eileen Schuller, Qumran Cave 1.III: 1QHodayot a, with Incorporation of 4QHodayot a-f and 1QHodayot b. (DJD XL; Oxford: Clarendon, 2008).
External links
- DJD Index - List of all volumes published and in progress. March 2009: vol. 37 on OUP Clarendon list ISBN 9780199550043 but not listed here.