The Dead Sea Scrolls Bible

A review of the Dead Sea Scrolls Bible, by Abegg, Flint, and Ulrich. This book (ISBN 0060600632, 9780060600631) is a hardback 649 pages long containing an English translation of the Biblical material from the Dead Sea Scrolls, with the books of the Bible arranged in their historical order. The Dead Sea Scrolls Bible includes a guide entitled “How to Read This Book,” many informative book introductions, and extensive page-bottom notes that show variant readings. A paperback edition is available -- ISBN 9780060600648.

Detailed contents

00:00 Details: dimensions, margins, layout, font, paper … two charts
00:58 The ISBN
01:27 The Brodart archival dust jacket cover
01:52 The glued binding, plus a look at the tail band
01:59 The book does not lie flat
02:08 Book dimensions
02:20 Page layout and dimensions
03:28 The font in the text
04:15 The font in the notes
04:34 Paper qualities (thickness, texture, opacity, reflectivity)
05:07 A glance at a book introduction
05:40 How to use the footnotes to identify which book of the Bible you are in
07:14 The bibliography
07:37 The copyright page
07:53 The table of contents
08:22 The introduction
08:34 How to read this book
08:46 Genesis chapter one
08:56 What square brackets mean
09:52 What italic type means
10:51 A list of scrolls used in the translation of Genesis chapter one
11:10 An in-text note marked with a gray square
11:59 Genesis 1.9, a textual variant: A Dead Sea Scroll that agrees with the Septuagint, but not with the Masoretic Text
13:11 What a gray triangle means
14:17 A closer look at “How to Read This Book”
15:57 The Dead Sea Scrolls naming convention
17:05 What MT, SP, and LXX mean
17:54 A partial list of places where the Dead Sea Scrolls agree with the Septuagint and disagree with the Masoretic Text, taken from “Notes on the Septuagint” by R. Grant Jones
20:12 Highlights from the introduction
20:19 A table showing Jewish, Protestant, and Roman Catholic Old Testament books and the way those books are ordered
20:52 Ancient (B.C.) fragments of the Septuagint identified
21:32 An illustration showing how the Masoretic differs from the pre-Masoretic Text
22:15 The number of scrolls that include material from the Bible
22:51 A brief essay on 1 Enoch and the Dead Sea Scrolls
23:12 A photo of a Dead Sea Scroll fragment from 1 Enoch – the cover from the Nickelsburg and VanderKam translation
24:32 The Dead Sea Scrolls and “the Son of Man”
25:19 The introduction to the book of Daniel
28:00 Conclusion

[oDanngaro]

Your Bible reviews have helped me a great deal to choose an English bible (I already have one in Spanish).
I really appreciate your thorough description. Thanks a lot for your work.

[MatthewEcclesiastes]

God has blessed you with the gift of description and teaching, Your reviews are simply wonderful. Please keep them coming.

[kenmcrae]

Very interesting. I was unaware of this one. Will have to get it now, definitely. Thanks!

[Theregina]

I find this very cool. I became a Christian July 29, 2022. I’m interested in getting a phD in Christian Theology. I heard of the term Dead Sea Scroll but never knew what it actually was. This is so cool. A nice piece to own. I could make a mini bible-library 📚. I want to get this and a Hebrew-English translation bible too! Thanks for sharing 🙏

[gbantock]

The more that I learn of the Septuagint, the more that I suspect that veneration on the part of Protestants and Roman Catholics of the Masoretic text is quite largely missplaced. It looks like the truth is closer to how the Eastern Orthodox regard the matter, with priority going to the Septuagint.

[carltonpoindexter]

I cannot wait to get this. Thank you as always, Dr. Grant.

[Project-OriginalReiteratedHoly]

I like your videos, since I translated the Septuagint from English into Portuguese. Your format is very interesting and easy to follow. Keep up the good work. God bless.

[BibleBelievingChristian]

Very interesting Bible. I think I’ll pick up a paperback edition off of eBay. Thank you for another great and thorough review.

[BJHewitt]

Very interesting. Great review. On my wishlist to get. Thanks for sharing.

[gypsylane]

awesome review, really interesting bible. thanks

[betterunderstandingthebibl]

Great resource of comparison scriptures between The 70 and Mazz texts. Very much appreciate it

[ggesman]

May I print out your notes on the Septuagint? I'd like to have it in a binding for quick reference. Perhaps to show to friends who aren't convinced of the Septuagint.

[hstarcz]

Thank you for the review of this Bible! A few days ago I clicked on the link to the geocities site in the description. My firewall told me that the site was infected with a virus. It occurred to me that I should probably let you know.

[brynjones]

Thank you. I have just ordered a copy. It may be just what I AM looking for?

[MinisterRedPill]

Exodus 12:40 should be updated for this bible to include "and canaan" in reference to the 430 years. Scholarship has not found the connection but I have, and that makes it a fourth witness with the LXX, Josephus, and the SP.

Wish I knew who to contact to show them the proof regarding the manuscript.

[willgraham]

Thank you for the video! I've had a keen interest in the DSS for many years. A point I want to make however is that it's hard to hear your voice unless I am right next to my speakers which are turned up all the way. You speak in a very airy, light, breathy, soft-tone that makes it hard to hear your voice unless I have my speakers all the way turned up and sit near them. You might work on "Projecting" your voice a bit more as if you are addressing an audience!

[Airikbibles]

"A relatively short review" ....In Jones time that's just under 30 minutes 😂 😉
Thats a very unique bible to have in your library, its amazing how our current scriptures match up so close after all these years.

[josephjude]

Being Orthodox; I find this interesting. I think I'm gonna get it.

[ivanfourie]

the 1611 King James Version translators validates the Septuagint and its existence prior to the MT, you will find it spoken about in the 1611 KJV facsimile bible in the "To The Reader" section.

[sephardimyeshua]

Thank you sir. I have now ordered one for myself. I love this stuff. Baruch HaShem Elohim YHVH.