The Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature was established in 1995 as part of the Institute for Jewish Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem ; ; abbreviated HUJI) is Israel's second-oldest university, after the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. The Hebrew University has three campuses in Jerusalem and one in Rehovot. The world's largest Jewish studies library is located on its Edmond J...

. Its overarching aim is to stimulate all aspects of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Over the years it has hosted a series of symposia bringing together many of the world's experts on the scrolls to give papers on topics related to the specific theme of that year's symposium. Past symposia have examined such subjects as the Damascus Document, wisdom literature and the reworking of biblical literature. Many of these symposia have been published by the center.

Since 1999 the Orion Center has held regular seminars relating to the Dead Sea Scrolls in memory of Professor Jonas C. Greenfield

Jonas C. Greenfield

Jonas Carl Greenfield was a scholar of Semitic languages, who published in the fields of Semitic Epigraphy, Aramaic Studies and Qumran Studies....

. Emanuel Tov

Emanuel Tov

Emanuel Tov is Professor in the Department of Bible at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, corresponding to Fellow of the British Academy , since 2006.-Biography:...

gave the inaugural seminar on "The Greek Texts from the Judaean Desert".

External links

• The Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature.
• A list of past Orion Center Symposia, with links to important scholarly papers on the scrolls.