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Join visiting professor, Joseph Angel on Friday, April 4, 12:30–2:30 p.m., as he discusses the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls and how they have shaped our understanding of biblical studies. The spectacular discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in the middle of the 20th century brought to light dozens of the oldest biblical manuscripts in the world. In conversation with an assortment of specific textual examples, this talk will examine how these discoveries have revolutionized our understanding of a number of key areas in biblical studies, including the transmission history of the scriptural text, the development of individual books, and the formation of the scriptural canon as we know it. Joseph Angel is Professor of Bible and Jewish History at Yeshiva University, where he has taught courses related to ancient Judaism and biblical studies since 2008. His research focuses on Jewish literature and history in the Greco-Roman world, with a special interest in the religious milieu and themes of the Dead Sea Scrolls. He is the author of a number of publications exploring topics related to ancient Judaism, including prayer, messianism, demonology and magic, the Second Temple of Jerusalem, and the Jewish context of nascent Christianity. His most recent book, The Songs of the Sage (4Q510-511) (Brill, 2023), provides a material reconstruction, critical edition, and commentary on two ancient Hebrew prayer manuscripts discovered at Qumran. He has held research fellowships at the University of Göttingen, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and, most recently, the University of Michigan and currently serves on the editorial boards of the Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha and Brill’s Online Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

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