9 2 – 1 9 9 3 . ▁▁ 1 9 5 3 ▁saw ▁the ▁first ▁of ▁his ▁publications ▁on ▁the ▁Dead ▁Sea ▁Scroll s . ▁Ess ays ▁from ▁the ▁early ▁period ▁of ▁his ▁study ▁were ▁collected ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 7 , ▁Studies ▁in ▁Q um ran ▁Law ▁( Le iden : ▁Br ill ▁Publish ers , ▁ 1 9 7 7 ). ▁His ▁knowledge ▁of ▁Q um ran ▁legal ▁matters ▁was ▁probably ▁the ▁reason ▁why ▁John ▁Str ug nell ▁gave ▁him ▁the ▁task ▁of ▁publishing ▁the ▁C ave ▁ 4 ▁fragments ▁of ▁the ▁Dam asc us ▁Document . ▁His ▁work ▁on ▁the ▁Dam asc us ▁Document ▁not ▁only ▁brought ▁its ▁manuscript s ▁to ▁publication ▁but ▁provided ▁the ▁basis ▁for ▁understanding ▁it ▁within ▁the ▁framework ▁of ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁J uda ism . ▁ ▁A ▁fest schrift ▁was ▁presented ▁to ▁him ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 5 : ▁Leg al ▁Text s ▁and ▁Leg al ▁Iss ues , ▁Pro ceed ings ▁of ▁the ▁Second ▁Me eting ▁of ▁the ▁International ▁Organ ization ▁for ▁Q um ran ▁Studies , ▁Cambridge ▁ 1 9 9 5 , ▁Pub lished ▁in ▁Hon our ▁of ▁Joseph ▁M . ▁Ba um g arten , ▁edited ▁by ▁M . ▁Bern stein , ▁F . ▁García ▁Martínez , ▁J . ▁K amp en ▁( Le iden : ▁Br ill , ▁ 1 9 9 7 ). ▁ ▁Publications ▁ ▁His ▁publications ▁include : ▁ ▁Law ▁in ▁the ▁Dead ▁Sea ▁Scroll s , ▁( Rout ledge ▁– ▁an ▁im print