The Qumran Bible, or some of it

“The Dead Sea Scrolls Bible” contains translations of Biblical scriptures found in the famed Qumran caves. Or at least most of them are. Unfortunately, this volume does *not* contain the Book of Enoch and Jubilees, despite their inclusion in the table of contents. While these pseudepigrapha are available elsewhere, their exclusion makes this less of an “Essene Bible” than it could have been, since both books were considered important by the Qumran community.

The material that is included in this volume contains both more or less complete Bible books (such as the Five Books of Moses and Isaiah) and fragments of such books (such as Joshua and Kings). It's interesting to note that the Qumran Pentateuch often agrees with the Samaritan ditto against both the Septuagint and the Masoretic Text. Most texts found in this volume can also be found in the “Old Testament”, but a few non-canonical psalms and prayers have been included, too.

I suppose “The Dead Sea Scrolls Bible” could be a problem to strict KJV Only fundamentalists, but overall, I don't think this material is all that sensational. The really controversial stuff is to be found in “The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English” and various editions of Enoch and Jubilees. Overall, I think this book is mostly of interest to scholars.