About the Author

Peter Flint is Co-Director of the Dead Sea Scrolls Institute at Trinity Western University, British Columbia. James VanderKam is John A. O'Brien Professor of Hebrew Scriptures, Department of Theology, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA.

Reviews

‘"The definitive Introduction" to the Dead Sea Scrolls, claims the cover of VanderKam and Flint, and the claim is justified... This is certainly scholarship at its dignified best. Professional biblical scholars can learn much from it, yet any educated reader will understand it fully.'
*The Pastoral Review*

'This is an extremely valuable book that will prove to be the 'first stop' for those wanting to learn more about the Jewish communities...It is more than an introduction; it is a guide to the complexity of evidence, theories, and counter-arguments that surround one of the great archaeological finds of the twentieth century.' ~ David Gill, ANVIL vol 23 no. 2
*ANVIL*

'A superb book which has already won a 'Best Book of the Year' award from the Biblical Archaeological Society and which bears commendations from the elite of Scrolls scholars...VanderKam and Flint have produced a book which presents a remarkable amount of detail and careful discussion which should prove useful to quite advanced students, yet does so in a clear and readable manner...I recommend it highly to all who are interested in this fascinating subject.
*Themelios*

'a detailed and well documented account...recommended with confidence and is an ideal introductory textbook to the 931 Dead Sea Scrolls.' ~ Michael Theophilus, Theological Book Review, Vol 18, No. 2, 2006  
*Theological Book Review*

'[I]deal for undergraduates and for the educated lay person, as well as the professional scholar who wishes to see, at a glance, where recent scholarship stands on particular issues...The prose is clear, the  order of the material presented is practical and sensible, and the amount of detail sufficient, but not overwhelming...one great service that VanderKann and Flint have performed is the presentation of the Scrolls scholarship in a way which will, one hopes, ensure that the Scrolls will be studied with the degree of responsibility they deserve.' ~ Robert Hayward, University of Durham, Theology, Jan/Feb 2006
*Theology*