New Hope for the Unpublished Dead Sea Scrolls

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At long last, significant progress is being made to assure publication of the substantial batch of unpublished Dead Sea Scroll texts.a And we may soon learn just how substantial this batch is; finally, after more than three decades, a complete catalogue of the unpublished Dead Sea Scroll texts is being prepared. Unfortunately, the good news is as difficult to ferret out as gross negligence. And publication team editors manage to sound defensive and even offensive while simultaneously taking major forward-looking steps. For example: Time magazine managed to find and interview the scroll editor who, it is widely reported, controls […]

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Footnotes

For previous chapters in this story, see “At Least Publish the Dead Sea Scrolls Timetable!” BAR 15:03; “Dead Sea Scrolls Scandal—Israel’s Department of Antiquities Joins Conspiracy to Keep Scrolls Secret,” BAR 15:04; and “What Should Be Done About the Unpublished Dead Sea Scrolls?” BAR 15:05.

C.E. is the scholarly, religiously neutral designation corresponding to A.D. It stands for “Common Era.”

Endnotes

Since going to press, we are informed that the French newspaper, Le Figaro, also managed to interview Dr. Milik.

See “The Present State of Qumranology,” Folia Orientalia, 1989 (in press).