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Copying the Bible at Qumran : 
Light from the Great Isaiah Scroll by Aaron West

In the last 60 years, 
scholars have come to a variety of conclusions 
about the nature of the Great Isaiah Scroll, 
a facsimile of which is currently on display 
at the Asia Society Hong Kong Center. 

Some have claimed this scroll was poorly copied 
and designated for use by common people, 
while others have seen this scroll 
as carefully copied for some official use. 

This lecture will contextualize the question 
of the scroll’s use by describing 
the variety of ways a scroll 
could be produced and used in antiquity. 

It will then ask what the scroll’s unique characteristics 
suggest about its use and manner of production.


Aaron West is lecturer in Hebrew and Old Testament 
at Asia Lutheran Seminary (HK). 
He has a M.Div. from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 
and a M.A. from the Department of Hebrew and Semitic Studies 
at the University of Wisconsin (Madison), 
where he is currently writing his Ph.D. dissertation 
on the ancient text of the Old Testament book of Job.


Evening Lecture by AARON WEST, 
Lecturer, Hebrew and Old Testament 
and GLEN L. THOMPSON, 
Professor of New Testament and Historical Theology, 
Asia Lutheran Seminary (Hong Kong)

Registration at 6.15pm

Lecture 1 & Q&A at 6.30pm
Lecture 2 & Q&A at 7.15pm

Close at 8pm

http://asiasociety.org/hong-kong/events/copying-bible-qumran-and-christianity-1st-century-china