Eugene Ulrich and James VanderKam are John A. O'Brien professors at the University of Notre Dame. Ulrich is chief editor of the Biblical Dead Sea Scrolls and co-translator of The New Revised Standard Version of the Bible; VanderKam is the author ofEnoch: A Man for All Generations(2008).

Contributors: Shemaryahu Talmon, Joseph M. Baumgarten, Lawrence H. Schiffman, John Strugnell, Eugene Ulrich, Julio Trebolle Barrera, Emanuel Tov, Daniel J. Harrington, S.J., Eileen M. Schuller, O.S.U., Devorah Dimant, John J. Collins, James VanderKam, Émile Peuch.

The thirteen Qumran scholars present recent overviews and syntheses in various areas of scrolls study, making The Community of the Renewed Covenant the broadest, most authoritative, and up-to-date book available on the Dead Sea Scrolls. These essays provide descriptions of the major areas of research, as well as explore the implications for longstanding problems in the field.