In the middle of the twentieth century a process of collection started, one that would profoundly shape of Biblical studies for decades to come, all the way to our own moment. To say more than that would run afoul of any number of chapters of Andrew Perrin’s book Lost Words and Forgotten Worlds: Rediscovering the Dead Sea Scrolls from Lexham Press, so I’ll try not to overstep. Instead I’ll say that his book stands both as an introduction to this fascinating collection and its place in our knowledge of Biblical cultures and that for someone like me who studied Qumran back when Bill Clinton was president, the book provides some interesting new questions to pose.
Every story of thought and thinking runs into its own kinds of problems. Progressive accounts do well showing how predecessors were not quite as...
Christina Bieber Lake talks with Felicia Wu Song about her recent book "Restless Devices."
Coyle Neal chats with Kenneth Stewart about his recent book "In Search of Ancient Roots" and other things.