With reference to 1Qhab and other texts, how did those at Qumran interpret the scriptures? With this essay I am going to deal mainly with the Habbakuk commentary, which is also known as the Habbakuk ‘Pesher’ or 1Qhab. This well preserved and detailed exposition of the first two chapters of the book of Habbakuk comes from Cave 1 and was published in 1950. The Habbakuk commentary is one of the main sources for the study of Qumran …showed first 75 words of 2141 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2141 total…enemies. Bibliography The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English – Geza Vermes (Penguin) Deciphering the Dead Sea Scrolls – Jonathon Campbell (Fontana) “The Dead Sea Scrolls Dating Game.” The Jerusalem Post 20 Apr 1995. - Abraham Rabinovich The Cambridge companion to the Bible – Edited by Howard Clark, Eric M. Meyers NRSV Content of Pesher. [Web page]. Undated. *http://www.ao.net/~fmoeller/habdir.htm* Pesher Habbakuk. [Web page]. Undated. - *http://www.ao.net/~fmoeller/habdir.htm* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**