MA in Jewish Studies

TH 9990, Dead Sea Scrolls

Credits:  				30

Course Lecturer:  	Professor George Brooke 

e-mail:					George.Brooke@man.ac.uk

Course Aims::

This course unit aims to provide the opportunity for in-depth study of one aspect of the study of the Dead Sea Scrolls which is selected by those registering for the course at the start of the academic year.

Course Objectives:

By the end of the course, students will normally

1. have investigated the chosen topic thoroughly;
2. have become familiar with all the relevant primary texts in English, Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek or Syriac as appropriate;
3. have appreciated the range of scholarly views about the topic, being able to formulate and justify their own views in light of such scholarship

Reading:

P.R. Davies, Qumran, Lutterworth 1982

L.H. Schiffman, Reclaiming the Dead Sea Scrolls, Anchor Books 1995

G. Vermes, The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English, Penguin 1997 (5th edition)

J.C. VanderKam, The Dead Sea Scrolls Today, SPCK 1994

M. Wise, M. Abegg, E. Cook, The Dead Sea Scrolls: A New Translation, HarperCollins 1996.

 

Weekly					This is a guided reading course with regular seminars 
							and specialist MA tutorials: Wed. 9-10 (WLG13)

Taught in: 			Both Semesters

Assessment:			2 x 4,000 word essays

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