Dead Sea Scroll Variation on “Show and Tell”—It’s Called “Tell, But No Show” - The BAS Library

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Footnotes

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MMT is the siglum for a secret text that chief scroll editor John Strugnell has been talking about at scholarly conferences for five years. He still has not released the text, however. It is scheduled for publication soon.

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A genizah (geh-NEE-zuh) is a synagogue repository for worn-out copies of sacred writings.

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B.C.E. (Before the Common Era) and C.E. (Common Era) are the religiously neutral terms used by scholars, corresponding to B.C. and A.D.

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“Dead Sea Scrolls Publication—The Prospects Are Not So Bad,” Queries & Comments, BAR 15:06.