Hebrew Union College and the Dead Sea Scrolls

Between 1948 and 1993, scholars at Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion were actively engaged in the study of the Dead Sea Scrolls, participated in efforts to acquire and preserve the manuscripts, and played a
significant part in breaking the monopoly of scholars initially assigned to publish them. Despite these activities, a number of HUC‐JIR’s influential teachers took a negative view of the scrolls, which created a situation in which rabbinical students either did not encounter the material or left the institution with a view of it that
was far from the mainstream. This book traces the activities of HUC‐JIR’s administration and faculty over five decades, the contribution they made to the new academic field, and their influence on how
knowledge of the Dead Sea Scrolls was shared with the community at large.