I think there is an Ulrich FS in the mill. And DJD 17 (1-2 Samuel) is out in England and on the boat to America.
Andy Fincke
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From: Stephen Goranson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, April 25, 2005 8:39 am Subject: [Megillot] forthcoming books, dissertations?; House of Absalom question > A few forthcoming Qumran books have been mentioned on this list,> e.g. 3 or 4
> more DJD volumes. And orion
> http://orion.mscc.huji.ac.il
> is very helpful on publications recently in print, and they invite
> suggested
> additions and corrections.
>
> Would notes on forthcoming books and dissertations be of interest
> here? For
> instance, apparently, Emile Puech's new Copper scroll edition,
> translation and
> commentary is now expected in the STJD Brill series (thanks to a
> note in F.
> Garcia-Martinez' Copper Scroll Greek letters article, cited at
> orion).
>
> Some publications list dissertations in progress. E.g., Scripta
> Classica
> Israelica noted, e.g., Dalia Ayal, "Laws and Customs of the
> Essenes in the
> Scrolls," Tel Aviv U., some time ago. I look forward, e.g., to the
> Matthew
> Hamilton (Moore Theological College Library) dissertation, who has
> already
> amassed extensive information on ancient TaNaK mss. And Weston
> Fields, I
> think, is working on a book on Qumran discoveries and the fates of
> various mss
> and ownerships. I guess the FM Cross FS, An Eye for Form, will
> include some
> Qumran-relevant contributions, among other Festschriften in
> process. The Paris
> belles lettres edition (v. 5 part 2) of Pliny's Histoire naturelle
> passage on
> Essenes is not yet in print, to my knowledge. And, of course,
> several
> archaeological reports are expected, e.g., Y. Magen, Y. Peleg in
> the Judea and
> Samaria Publications series; the Brown conference; a scientific
> volume ed. Jan
> Gunneweg, etc. Ed Cook recently mentioned an eventual revised Wise
> Abegg Cook
> DSS translation volume.
>
> Anyway, I, for one, would be interested in reading notices of
> forthcoming
> Qumran-related books and dissertations.
>
> ***
>
> I recently proposed that the "House of Absalom" in pesher Habakkuk
> referred to
> the brother of Alexander Yannai, Absalom, the only brother he let
> live. I
> intend to look around to see if that proposal has been made
> before. But, since
> the literature is so big, if anyone happens to know a publication
> that
> previously made that proposal, I'd be interested to learn of it,
> so I can cite
> it when the occasion arises. Thanks.
>
> best,
> Stephen Goranson
>
> PS, BTW, Gershom Scholem, long a librarian, wrote an interesting
> memoir, if
> you like memoirs, From Berlin to Jerusalem (original in German).
>
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