Article Title

FARMS, Oxford University Press, and E. J. Brill Join in Publishing Venture

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Keywords

Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies publications, The Dead Sea Scrolls Electronic Reference Library, FARMS Dead Sea Scrolls Electronic Database, Dead Sea Scrolls, International Symposium on the Dead Sea Scrolls, ancient texts, modern technology

Abstract

The Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies is in the last stages of negotiating an agreement with Oxford University Press and E. J. Brill (in the Netherlands) to jointly publish The Dead Sea Scrolls Electronic Reference Library. The FARMS Dead Sea Scrolls Electronic Database, currently under development with technical assistance from BYU, will be published as volume 2 in the series. Volume 1, a collection on disk of high resolution digitized images of some of the nonbiblical scrolls and scroll fragments that Oxford has been working on for some time, is scheduled for demonstration at the "International Symposium on the Dead Sea Scrolls: Texts and Technology," a conference jointly sponsored by BYU and FARMS, to be held in Provo this summer. A beta (or test) version of volume 2, which will contain low resolution, enhanced images, transcriptions, translations, and supporting reference materials, tied together with search and retrieval software, will also be demonstrated to the scholars attending the symposium.

Recommended Citation

(1996) "FARMS, Oxford University Press, and E. J. Brill Join in Publishing Venture," Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship: Vol. 16: No. 2, Article 2.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/insights/vol16/iss2/2