Professor
James H. Charlesworth established the Princeton Theological Seminary Dead Sea
Scrolls Project in 1985 to make available the critical edition of all the Dead
Sea Scrolls that are not copies of biblical books (that is, documents collected
in the Biblia Hebraica). Each
document is presented with a transcription of the manuscripts on the left-hand
page with a facing English translation. An
international team of over 50 scholars was assembled to contribute to this
massive project, of which Professor Charlesworth is the director and editor of
the project and Henry W. Retz
is the assistant editor. The
editors and contributors are supported by a gifted staff of graduate students.
The series is being published by Mohr Siebeck of Tübingen
and Westminster John Knox Press of Louisville.
To date, five volumes have been published along with the first of two
concordances.
Along
with the publication project, the Princeton Theological Seminary Dead Sea
Scrolls Project is involved in developing techniques for imaging Scrolls and
other ancient manuscript. For
example, working with scientists from Chester F. Carlson Center for
Imaging Science, Rochester Institute of Technology
and Xerox Corporation, we have been able to produce images of Scrolls revealing
previously unseen portions of lines on damaged manuscripts.
Pesharim,
Other Commentaries, and Related Documents.
Edited by J. H. Charlesworth and H. W. Rietz, assistant editor with C. D.
Elledge and L. Novakovic, along with G. J. Brooke, F. M. Cross, M. P. Horgan, H.
Lichtenberger, J. Milgrom, J. J. M. Roberts, J. L. Trafton, and R. E. Whitaker.
Princeton Theological Seminary Dead Sea Scrolls Project volume 6B. Tübingen:
Mohr Siebeck and Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2002.
Angelic
Liturgy: Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice.
Edited by J. H. Charlesworth and C. A. Newsom with H. W. L. Rietz, assistant
editor and B. A. Strawn, and R. E. Whitaker. Princeton Theological Seminary Dead
Sea Scrolls Project volume 4B. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck and Louisville:
Westminster John Knox Press, 1999.
Pseudepigraphic
and Non-Masoretic Psalms and Prayers.
Edited by J. H. Charlesworth and H. W. L. Rietz, assistant editor, with P. W.
Flint, D. T. Olson, J. A. Sanders, E. M. Schuller, and R. E. Whitaker. Princeton
Theological Seminary Dead Sea Scrolls Project volume 4A. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck
and Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 1998.
Damascus
Document, War Scroll, and Related Documents.
Edited by J. H. Charlesworth with J. M. Baumgarten, M. T. Davis, J.
Duhaime, Y. Ofer, H. W. L. Rietz, J. J. M. Roberts, D. Schwartz, B. A. Strawn,
and R. E. Whitaker. Princeton Theological Seminary Dead Sea Scrolls Project
volume 2. Tübingen: J.C.B. Mohr
(Paul Siebeck) and Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 1995.
Rule
of the Community and Related Documents.
Edited by J. H. Charlesworth with F. M. Cross, J. Milgrom, E. Qimron, L.
H. Schiffman, L. T. Stuckenbruck, and R. E. Whitaker. Princeton Theological
Seminary Dead Sea Scrolls Project volume 1.
Tübingen: J.C.B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck) and Louisville: Westminster John
Knox Press, 1994.
Graphic Concordance to the Dead Sea Scrolls. Edited by J. H. Charlesworth with R. E. Whitaker, L. G. Hickerson, S. R. A. Starbuck, L. T. Stuckenbruck. Princeton Theological Seminary Dead Sea Scrolls Project. Tübingen: J.C.B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck) and Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 1991.
Pictures:
Temple Scroll Enhancement Example