Open Scrolls Project

Web guru Peter Kirby (author of sites like Early Christian Writings and Gospel of Thomas Commentary) has another new project:

Open Scrolls Project

Kirby describes it like this: "This project will make the Dead Sea Scrolls available anywhere with an internet connection, at no cost, and with electronic searching potentiality. It is released under a "copyleft" agreement that allows it to be published on other web sites or even in printed books, so long as the reference to OpenScrolls.org is maintained." In other words, this ambitious project aims to make a completely fresh translation of the Dead Sea Scrolls available on the net since the publishers of existing versions will not allow reproduction. Whether it will be possible to maintain the quality control remains to be seen. One suggestion if it is to succeed would be to appoint a committee with appropriate credentials.