The New Damascus Document : The Midrash on the Eschatological Torah of the Dead Sea Scrolls: Reconstruction, Translation and Commentary

Leiden: Brill, 2007. First edition. Octavo. xxx, 425, (1)pp. Indices and 12 page bibliography. Text in English and Hebrew. Black cloth, gilt, with publisher's device on front cover. An ex-library copy with minimal library markings (rubber stamps on title and bottom of text block), otherwise fine.

This volume examines twelve ancient and medieval manuscripts, ten from the caves at Qumran and the two so called Damascus Documents from the Cairo Geniza, presenting a new organization and understanding of these texts. The twelve manuscripts are in a composite form under the title Midrash haTorah haAcharon (MTA), the Midrash of the Eschatological Torah, a title which opens a new window into the understanding of the Jewish literary tradition during the period of the Second Temple, prior to the development of the Talmud and Christianity. Following the composite Hebrew text are a full translation, notes and commentary elucidating the MTA in light of the new evidence provided by these texts and retranslation. (Publisher)

Contents: LIST OF TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; SELECT ABBREVIATIONS; SIGLA; FOREWORD; MIDRASH HA-TORAH HA-ACHARON TABLES; CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER TWO TEXT AND TRANSLATION; CHAPTER THREE COMMENTARY; CHAPTER FOUR UNINCORPORATED FRAGMENTS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; AUTHORS; SUBJECT INDEX; INDEX OF ANCIENT SOURCES; Hebrew Bible; Qumran; Pseudepigrapha; Mishnah; Talmud; Other Ancient Sources; New Testament. (OCLC)

Volume 56 of the Brill series, "Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah." (STDJ).