Eibert Tigchelaar
Encyclopedia
Eibert J. C. Tigchelaar is a leading authority and author on the subject of the Dead Sea Scrolls
. Formerly he held the position of research associate at the Qumran Instituut (Qumran Institute), Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (University of Groningen
), was appointed to a professorship at Florida State University
, before becoming research professor at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
.
Dead Sea scrolls
The Dead Sea Scrolls are a collection of 972 texts from the Hebrew Bible and extra-biblical documents found between 1947 and 1956 on the northwest shore of the Dead Sea, from which they derive their name...
. Formerly he held the position of research associate at the Qumran Instituut (Qumran Institute), Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (University of Groningen
University of Groningen
The University of Groningen , located in the city of Groningen, was founded in 1614. It is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands as well as one of its largest. Since its inception more than 100,000 students have graduated...
), was appointed to a professorship at Florida State University
Florida State University
The Florida State University is a space-grant and sea-grant public university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a comprehensive doctoral research university with medical programs and significant research activity as determined by the Carnegie Foundation...
, before becoming research professor at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
The Katholieke Universiteit Leuven is a Dutch-speaking university in Flanders, Belgium.It is located at the centre of the historic town of Leuven, and is a prominent part of the city, home to the university since 1425...
.
Published books
- Prophets of Old and the Day of the End: Zechariah, the Book of Watchers and Apocalypti (Brill Academic Publishers, 1996) ISBN 9004103562
- The Dead Sea Scrolls: Study Edition - Vol. 1 (Brill Academic Publishers, 1997) ISBN 9004108130
- The Dead Sea Scrolls Study Edition - Vol. 2 (Brill Academic Publishers, 1998) ISBN 9004110593
- The Dead Sea Scrolls Study Edition (William B. Eerdman's Publishing, 2000) ISBN 0802844936
- To Increase Learning for the Understanding Ones: Reading and Reconstructing the Fragmentary Early Jewish Sapiential Text 4Q (Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah) (Brill Academic Publishers, 2002) ISBN 9004116788
Other publications
- Kennis van het Kwaad. Zeven visies uit jodendom en christendom. Zoetermeer: Meinema, 2004.
- Sodom’s Sin. Genesis 18-19 and its Interpretations. Themes in Biblical Narrative 7. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2004.
- Fragmenten uit de woestijn. De Dode-Zeerollen opnieuw bekeken. Zoetermeer: Meinema, 2003.
- The Sacrifice of Isaac. The Aqedah (Genesis 22) and Its Interpretations. Themes in Biblical Narrative 4. Leiden, Boston and Köln: Brill, 2002.
- To Increase Learning for the Understanding Ones. Reading and Reconstructing the Fragmentary Early Jewish Sapiential Text 4QInstruction . Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah 44. Leiden, Boston and Köln: Brill, 2001.
- Discoveries in the Judaean Desert XXIII: Qumran Cave 11 II, 11Q2-18, 11Q20-31 Incorporating Earlier Editions by J.P.M. van der Ploeg, O.P. with a Contribution by Edward Herbert. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998.