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CONTENTS

Pieter B. Hartog and Jutta Jokiranta, The Dead Sea Scrolls in Their Hellenistic Context ...........................................................................

Benjamin G. Wright, “Were the Jews of Qumran Hellenistic Jews?” ...Dennis Mizzi, From the Judaean Desert to the Great Sea: Qumran in

a Mediterranean Context ......................................................................Benedikt Eckhardt, Temple Ideology and Hellenistic Private

Associations ........................................................................................Hanna Tervanotko, Reading God’s Will? Function and Status of

Oracle Interpreters in Ancient Jewish and Greek Texts .....................Mladen Popović, Reading, Writing, and Memorizing Together:

Reading Culture in Ancient Judaism and the Dead Sea Scrolls in a Mediterranean Context .....................................................................

Volume Contents ..................................................................................

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DEAD SEA DISCOVERIES A Journal of Current Research on the Scrolls and Related Literature

Aims & ScopeDead Sea Discoveries is an international journal dedicated to the study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and associated literature. The journal is primarily devoted to the discus-sion of the significance of the finds in the Judean Desert for Biblical Studies, and the study of early Jewish and Christian history. Dead Sea Discoveries has established itself as an invaluable resource for the subject both in the private collections of professors and scholars as well as in the major research libraries of the world.

EditorsCharlotte Hempel (Executive editor), Molly Zahn (Book reviews editor), Jutta Jokiranta (Thematic issues editor)

Editorial BoardJ. Ben-Dov, M.J. Bernstein, G.J. Brooke, E. Chazon, J.J. Collins, D.K. Falk, J. Frey, F. García Martínez, M. Goff, J. Joosten, M. Kister, R.G. Kratz, A. Lange, J. Magness, S. Metso, H. Najman, V. Noam, M. Popović, E. Puech, L.H. Schiffman, E. Schuller, A. Shemesh, L.T. Stuckenbruck, E.J.C. Tigchelaar, E. Tov, J.C. VanderKam, C. Wassen

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Book ReviewsBooks for review should be sent to Molly Zahn, Department of Religious Studies, University of Kansas, Smith Hall, 1300 Oread Avenue, Lawrence KS 66045-7615, U.S.A.

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