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Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah, volume 116

part 1. General studies. The library of Qumran in recent scholarship / Devorah Dimant

On being a 'librarian': labels, categories, and classifications / Årstein Justnes

part 2. The Greco-Roman context. Greek and Roman libraries in the Hellenistic age / Monica Berti

The Qumran "library" and other ancient libraries: elements for a comparison / Corrado Martone

Is Qumran a library? / Ian Werrett

part 3. The collection as a whole and the question of a library. The Qumran collection as a scribal library / Sidnie White Crawford

The linguistic diversity of the texts found at Qumran / Stephen Reed

Plates

The ancient 'library' of Qumran between urban and rural culture / Mladen Popović

The ancient "library" or "libraries" of Qumran: the specter of Cave 1Q / Stephen Pfann

part 4. Collections within the collection: specific evidence for a "library? Calendars in the Qumran collection / Helen R. Jacobus

The Aramaic Dead Sea scrolls: coherence and context in the library of Qumran / Daniel A. Machiela

part 5. Implications for the identification of the Qumran collection as a library. The Qumran library in context: the caanonical history and textual standardization of the Hebrew Bible in light of the Qumran library / Armin Lange.