Part I Opening, restoring and reading the Copper Scroll: the conservation and restoration of the Copper Scroll from Qumran; John Allegro and the Copper Scroll; Professor Henry Wright Baker - the Copper Scroll and his career; when images meet - the potential of photographic and computer imaging technology for the study of the Copper Scroll; some results of a new examination of the Copper Scroll (3Q15). Part II Archaeological and linguistic studies: aqueducts in the Copper Scroll; 3Q15 - its linguistic affiliation, with lexicographical comments; the meaning of "Dema' " in the Copper Scroll and ancient Jewish literature; the Copper Scroll treasure - fact or fiction?; the abbreviation KK versus KKRYN; the Copper Scroll and language issues; "Kelei Dema' " - tithe jars, scroll jars and cookie jars; the vocabulary of the Copper Scroll and the Temple Scroll. Part III Interpreting the Copper Scroll: the process of writing the Copper Scroll; inclusio and symbolic geography in the Copper Scroll; further reflections on the Copper Scroll; new light on the Copper Scroll and 4QMMT; the origin of 3Q15 - 40 years of discussion; the Copper Scroll - novel approaches; the Copper Scroll - King Herod's bank account?; some palaeographical observations by the artist of "Searching for the Treasures of the Copper Scroll"; David J. Wilmot and the Copper Scroll; palaeography and literary structures as guides to reading the Copper Scroll.
George Brooke is Rylands Professor of Biblical Criticism and Exegesis at the University of Manchester and Co-Director of Manchester-Sheffield Centre for Dead Sea Scrolls Research Philip Davies is Professor of Biblical Studies in the University of Sheffield.
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