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This volume contains the proceedings of the international conference held at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem in July 2008 in honor of the 60th anniversary of the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls. As indicated by its title “The Dead Sea Scrolls and Contemporary Culture,” the aim of the conference was to move beyond the strict confines of conventional scholarship and to explore new avenues of research, including the examination of the place of the findings from the Judean Desert in contemporary culture. The book is divided into five main sections: (1) the Identity and History of the Community (2) the Qumran “Library”: Origins, Use, and Nature (2a. Biblical Texts 2b. Biblical Interpretation 2c. Sectarian and Non-Sectarian Literature 2d. Sectarian vis-a-vis Rabbinic Halakha) (3) Christianity in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls (4) Gender at Qumran and (5) New Perspectives (5a. Methodological Approaches 5b. Educational Approaches)