The Fourteenth International Orion Symposium:
The Religious Worldviews Reflected in the Dead Sea Scrolls
28-30 May 2013
The Religious Worldviews Reflected in the Dead Sea Scrolls
Symposium at the Orion Center, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
28-30 May 2013
The Dead Sea Scrolls offer a window onto the rich religious landscape of Judaism in the Second Temple period. Many
of the scrolls address fundamental theological issues. This symposium will address aspects of the religious thought
reflected in the texts of the Judean Desert in their wider religious context. Comparison with other ancient writings
affords the opportunity to refine our understanding. Papers will carefully analyze specific texts and deal with
broader themes and topics that shed new light on the worldviews, beliefs, and forms of religious experience
reflected in the Scrolls. The symposium will give a rare opportunity for leading scholars in the field to
collaborate in the examination of this central area.
PARTICIPANTS
IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT PAPERS
The names listed in bold have complete papers posted.
Papers that appear on this page are unedited, unrevised
prepublication versions. They are not to be cited.
Copyright belongs to the authors. They will appear eventually in edited,
revised versions as part of our proceedings series. Greek and Hebrew texts
have not been formatted.
