Dearth of Biblical DSS in English by slaveofone
Is anyone else frustrated with the lack of English translations of the BIBLICAL Dead Sea Scrolls? Currently, so it seems, The Dead Sea Scrolls Bible is the only book in existence that offers the BIBLICAL DSS in English. Don’t get me wrong, it is an incredible book. A prize of my collection. But why is it the only thing available? Why are there no other alternatives? Why do we have nothing like The Dead Sea Scrolls Study Edition for the BIBLICAL texts? Why do we have nothing like The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English with BIBLICAL texts? What’s going on? Why is it nearly impossible to find something that should be ubiquitous? I’m not one for conspiracy theories, but this is simply absurd. It’s been over half a century since these things were found! Something must be going on to restrict access to the biblical material. I am tempted to start doing my own English translations based on the transcriptions in DJD, and offering them online for free (probably in the same format as The Dead Sea Scrolls Study Edition). But that would be quite an undertaking.