The 15 papers have been selected as among the best presented at the first four symposia in the series, which involves scholars from all the Nordic countries. The topics include approaches to biblical interpretation in The Dead Sea Scrolls by modern interpreters, the dream visions in the Noah story of the Genesis Apocryphon and related texts, geography and ideology in the Copper Scroll (3Q15), scribal exegesis, metaphorical familial language, a methodological critique of the reconstruction of 4QMMT, and Josephus on Judas the Galilean and the Essenes. As usual with Brill, the quality of the bound volume matches that of the scholarship. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)