THE ST. ANDREWS DEAD SEA SCROLLS WEBSITE has been fully revised with a view toward the 2005 version of my Dead Sea Scrolls course, which begins a week from tomorrow. I've also finally made public the Qumranica blog, which will go with the course. I won't actually begin posting on the blog until next week, but if you have a look at the "About Qumranica" link on the right, under the scroll photo, you can read all about it.

If you're planning on following the course, you should go ahead and order any of the textbooks you don't have and also try to locate a copy of either The Dead Sea Scrolls Encyclopedia or the Anchor Bible Dictionary (or both) in your local library. That's a minimum list of resources you'll need to get the most out of the online component of the course.

I haven't yet finished this semester's bibliography, but I hope to have it up in a few days.

Enjoy.

UPDATE: Just to clarify, the course is available for credit only to registered St. Andrews students physically present in the classes. But anyone who wants to can follow the blog and the web pages; no need to register or sign up for anything. It's an honours-level course, which corresponds roughly to North American upper-division undergraduate courses. For more information, see the "About Qumranica" link on the Qumranica site.