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Allegro, John Marco. The Treasure of the Copper Scroll. 2nd ed. New York: Doubleday, 1964.
Bruce, F.F. Second Thoughts on the Dead Sea Scrolls. Paternoster Press, 1956.
Burrows, Millar. More Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls: New Scrolls and New Interpretations of Important Recent Discoveries. New York: Viking, 1958.
Burrows, Millar. The Dead Sea Scrolls. New York: Gramercy Publishing Company, 1955.
Campbell, Jonathan. Deciphering the Dead Sea Scrolls. London: Fontana Press, 1996.
Charlesworth, James H., ed. The Dead Sea Scrolls–Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek Texts with English Translation. Rule of the Community and Related Documents. Vol. 1 Tübingen: J.C.B. Mohr; Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 1994.
Charlesworth, James H., ed. The Dead Sea Scrolls–Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek Texts with English Translation. Rule of the Community and Related Documents. Vol. 2 Tübingen: J.C.B. Mohr; Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 1995.
Collins, John J. Apocalypticism in the Dead Sea Scrolls. London: Routledge, 1997.
Cook, Edward M. Solving the Mysteries of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 1994.
Cross, Frank Moore, Jr. The Ancient Library of Qumran and Modern Biblical Studies. Rev. ed. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Book House, 1958, 1961, reprinted 1980.
The Dead Sea Scrolls. Washington, D.C.: Biblical Archaeology Society; Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2007.
“Dead Sea Scrolls.” in The Columbia Encyclopedia 6th ed., edited by Lagass, Paul. New York: Columbia University Press, 2004.
Daniaelou, Jean. The Dead Sea Scrolls and Primitive Christianity. Translated by Attanasio, Salvator. Baltimore, MD: Helicon Press, 1958.
Davies, Philip R. “The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Origins of the Bible.” The Journal of the American Oriental Society 122, no. 4 (2002): 896+.
Davies, Philip R. Qumran. Cities of the Biblical World. Guilford, Surrey: Lutterworth; Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 1982.
Discoveries in the Judean Desert, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1955-
Dupont-Sommer, A. The Dead Sea Scrolls, a Preliminary Survey. Translated by Rowley, E. Margaret. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1952.
Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls, edited by Lawrence Schiffman and James VanderKam. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.
Graystone, Geoffrey. The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Originality of Christ. New York: Sheed and Ward, 1956.
Eisenman, Robert, and Michael Wise. The Dead Sea Scrolls Uncovered. New York: Penguin Books, 1992.
Eisenman, Robert, and James M. Robinson. A Facsimile Edition of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Vols. 1 & 2. Washington, D.C.: Biblical Archaeology Society, 1991.
Fitzmeyer, Joseph. Responses to 101 Questions on the Dead Sea Scrolls. New York: Paulist Press, 1992.
Golb, Norman. Who Wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls? The Search for the Secret of Qumran. New York: Scribner, 1995.
Herr, Larry G. “The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls.” The Journal of the American Oriental Society 123, no. 3 (2003): 652+.
Humbert, Jean-Baptiste, O.P. and Alain Chambon. Fouilles de Hire Qumrân et de Aïn Feshkha. Novum Testamentum et Orbis. Antiquus Series Archaeologica Vol. 1. Göttingen: Éditions Universitaires Fribourg Suisse/Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, 1994.
Knohl, Israel. The Messiah before Jesus: The Suffering Servant of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Translated by Maisel, David. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2000.
Kugel, James. “What the Dead Sea Scrolls Do Not Tell.” Commentary, November 1998, 49+.
Martínez, Florentino García. The Dead Sea Scrolls Translated: Qumran Texts in English. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1997.
Martínez. Florentino García. The People of the Dead Sea Scrolls–Their Writings, Beliefs and Practices. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1993.
Price, Randall. Secrets of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Eugene, Oreg.: Harvest House, 1996.
Ringgren, Helmer. The Faith of Qumran–Theology of the Dead Sea Scrolls. New York: Crossroad, 1995.
Schiffman, Lawrence H. Reclaiming the Dead Sea Scrolls: The History of Judaism, the Background of Christianity, the Lost Library of Qumran. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 1994.
Shanks, Hershel. The Mystery and Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls. New York: Vintage Books, 1998.
Shanks, Hershel. Understanding the Dead Sea Scrolls. New York: Random House, 1992.
Silberman, Neil Asher. A Prophet from Amongst You: The Life of Yigael Yadin: Soldier, Scholar, and Mythmaker of Modern Israel. New York: Addison Wesley, 1993.
Silberman, Neil Asher. The Hidden Scrolls–Christianity, Judaism, and the War for the Dead Sea Scrolls. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1994.
Trever, John C. The Dead Sea Scrolls: A Personal Account. Upland, CA: Upland Commercial Printers, 1988.
Vanderkam, James C. Calendars in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Measuring Time. London: Routledge, 1998.
Vanderkam, James C. The Dead Sea Scrolls Today. Grand Rapids, Mich.: William B. Eerdmans, 1994.
Vermes, Geza. The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English. New York: Allen Lane/The Penguin Press, 1997.
Vermes, Geza. The Dead Sea Scrolls–Qumran in Perspective. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1981 (reprint).
Unpublished Dead Sea Scrolls: The Hebrew and Aramaic Texts from Cave Four. Vols. 1-4. Washington, D.C.: Biblical Archaeology Society, 1991-96.
Wilson, Edmund. The Scrolls from the Dead Sea. New York: Oxford University Press,1955.
Wise, Michael, Martin G. Abegg, Jr. and Edward M. Cook. The Dead Sea Scrolls: A New Translation. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1996.
Yadin, Yigael. The Message of the Scrolls. New York: Crossroad, 1992
Bible Review
Biblical Archaeologist
Biblical Archaeology Review
Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research
Dead Sea Discoveries
Israel Exploration Journal
Journal of Jewish Studies
Journal of Near Eastern Studies
Near Eastern Archaeology
Revue Biblique
Revue de Qumrân
Fitzmeyer, Joseph A., The Dead Sea Scrolls: Major Publications and Tools for Study. Rev. ed. SBL Resources for Biblical Study 20. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1990.
Martínez, Florentino García, and A.S. Van Der Woude. A Bibliography of the Finds in the Desert of Judah 1970-1975. Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah, Vol. 19. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1996.
Lim, Timothy H., and Philip S. Alexander, eds. The Dead Sea Scrolls Electronic Reference Library. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1997. CD ROM.
Tov, Emmanuel and Stephan J. Pfann, eds. The Dead Sea Scrolls on Microfiche. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1993. Microfiche.
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