The Dead Sea Scrolls Translated

cluded in my Introduction to the Literature from Qumran, a forthcoming companion volume to this book. While awaiting its publication and as an aid to the reader, I have added a short list of books in English to the Introduction.

I wish to thank Dr. W. Watson for the immense work carried out in transforming the Spanish text into idiomatic and fluent English, for his patience in including the changes I asked him to make as a result of checking the originals again, and for his readiness to sacrifice even some of his elegant solutions to my desire for a more literal translation. I thank Hans van der Meij, Acquisitions Editor of Brill Publishers, for the interest and care with which he has directed the publication process of this book at each and every stage.