For participation in the annual meetings of The American Schools of Oriental Research and The Society of Biblical Literature in Washington, 15-21 Nov 2006, and for a study stay at Ecole Biblique et Archeologique Francaise in Jerusalem in autumn 2006, where he will work together with Père Jean-Baptiste Humbert on the publication of the excavation at Khirbet Qumran in the 1950s. This is related to his post-doc research project titled Religion at Qumran: Archaeological and Textual Perspectives. to participate in the tenth international symposium of the Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature, at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem 9-11 January 2005. Elgvin presented a paper entitled The Use of Scripture in 1Q/4QMysteries. In addition, Elgvin used the occasion to prepare the Nordic symposium to be held in Jerusalem in September 2005.
For a preliminary version of Elgvin's paper on 1Q/4QMysteries, click here.
Based on a study of the original fragments in the Israel Museum, Elgvin will publish new transcriptions of the fragments of 4Q301 (4QMysteries c).
for a study visit in Jerusalem 18-21 May 2005, for his project 'Geography and Ideology in the Copper Scroll'. Høgenhaven will study photographs of the scroll at the Rockefeller Museum as well as the École Biblique copy of the original scroll.
Hanne von Weissenberg (doctoral student, University of Helsinki) for a study visit to Oslo in January 2005, to discuss readings of the manuscripts of 4QMMT with Torleif Elgvin, and to present a paper on MMT to the Norwegian group.