Discoveries in the Judaean Desert XXXII Qumran Cave 1: II. The Isaiah Scrolls: Part 2: Introductions, Commentary, and Textual Variants

DJD XXXII presents the first full critical edition of the Great Isaiah Scroll (1QIsa]a) and the Hebrew University Isaiah Scroll (1QIsa]b), which constitute almost 30% of all the preserved biblical material, in the styles of the DJD series. That is, whereas the photographs and transcriptions have been available since the 1950s, this volume provides a fresh transcription of all the known fragments, notes clarifying problematic readings, and the first comprehensive catalogue of the textual variants. It is not, and cannot be, a comprehensive analysis of all these highly influential manuscripts, on which innumerable studies have been published over the past half century. Part 1 contains the photographic plates (1QIsa]a in colour) with the transcriptions on facing pages for easy comparison. Part 2 contains the introductions, notes, and catalogue of variants. The main introduction narrates the discovery and early history of these two manuscripts.

Introduction; Discovery and History of 1QIsaa and 1QIsab; Photographing of 1QIsaa; Photographing of 1QIsab; Select Bibliography; The Great Isaiah Scroll: 1QIsaa; Introduction to 1QIsaa; Notes on the 1QIsaa Manuscript and Readings; 1QIsaa Textual Variants; The Hebrew University Isaiah Scroll: 1QIsab; Introduction to 1QIsab (1Q8); Notes on the 1QIsab Manuscript and Readings; 1QIsab Textual Variants; Index of Qumran Isaiah Passages; Index of Contents of the Isaiah Manuscripts