Lieu on the Dead Sea Scrolls
... the surprising pluriformity of text-forms witnessed by the biblical manuscripts found among the Dead Sea Scrolls suggests that there was as yet no standardization of the text, and no apparent concern about its lack, and, consequently, that the text was open to creative reunderstanding in a dialogical relationship with communal self-understanding in a specific context.
Christian Identity in the Jewish and Graeco-Roman World
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Lieu, J. M. (2004). Christian Identity in the Jewish and Graeco-Roman World. Oxford University Press. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=T6cXGuYHnKMC&hl=&source=gbs_api