Ulrich presents in The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Developmental Composition of the Bible the parade of surprises the scrolls provide regarding the scriptures' development through history. A sequel to The Biblical Qumran Scrolls, this volume explores the scrolls' significance.

Eugene Ulrich, Ph.D. (Harvard 1975) is O'Brien Professor emeritus of Hebrew Scriptures at the University of Notre Dame and Chief Editor of the Biblical Scrolls. Editor of six volumes of scrolls in the official series Discoveries in the Judaean Desert, he published The Biblical Qumran Scrolls in 2010.