"The essays assembled in this volume are based on the lectures delivered in the course of an international symposium held at Gt̲tingen, May 14th-16th, 2007, as part of the German-Israeli cooperation project 'The Interpretation of the Book of Genesis in the Dead Sea Scrolls', funded by the German Research Foundation"--Pref., p. vi.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Qumran Hebrew between Biblical and Mishnaic Hebrew : a morphological study / Moshe Bar-Asher -- New perspectives on the bible and its interpretation in the Dead Sea Scrolls / George J. Brooke -- Dating exegetical texts from Qumran / Annette Steudel -- The story of the flood in 4Q422 / Ariel Feldman -- Friend of God, brother of Sarah, and father of Isaac : Abraham in the Hebrew bible and in Qumran / Reinhard G. Kratz -- The interpretation of Deuteronomy 29:17-18 in the Hellenistic Period : Septuagint, Qumran and parabiblical literature / Jan Joosten -- The Book of Tobit and the Qumran Halakha / Devorah Dimant -- "Look, son, what Nadab did to Ahikaros..." : the Aramaic Ahiqar-tradition and its relationship to the Book of Tobit / Ingo Kottsieper -- From the "right spirit" to the "spirit of truth" : observations on Psalm 51 and 1QS / Anja Klein -- The exegesis and structure of Persharim in the Damascus Document / Liora Goldman -- The Ark of the Covenant in the non-biblical texts from Qumran / Peter Porzig.