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The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls

THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF QUMRAN AND THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS 2

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<P>This book is a choice outstanding academic title and winner of the biblical archaeology society’s publication award for best popular book on archaeology. The Dead Sea Scrolls have been described as the most important archaeological discovery of the twentieth century. Deposited in caves surrounding Qumran by members of a Jewish sect who lived at the site in the first century BCE and first century CE, they provide invaluable information about Judaism in the last centuries BCE. Like the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Qumran site continues to be the object of intense scholarly debate. In a book meant to introduce general readers to this fascinating area of study, a veteran archaeologist provides an overview of the archaeology of Qumran that incorporates information from the Dead Sea Scrolls and other contemporary sources.  She identifies Qumran as a sectarian settlement, rejecting other interpretations including claims that Qumran was a villa rustica or manor house. By carefully analyzing the published information on Qumran, she refines the site’s chronology, reinterprets the purpose of some of its rooms, and reexamines archaeological evidence for the presence of women and children in the settlement. Numerous photos and diagrams give readers a firsthand look at the site. Considered a standard text in the field for nearly two decades, this second edition is revised and updated throughout in light of the publication of all the Dead Sea Scrolls and additional data from Roland de Vaux’s excavations, as well as Yitzhak Magen and Yuval Peleg’s more recent excavations. Specialists and non-specialists alike will find here an overview of the Qumran site and the Dead Sea Scrolls that is both authoritative and accessible.</P>

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Front Cover.
Praise for the First Edition.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
Illustrations.
Acknowledgments for the Second Edition.
Acknowledgments for the First Edition.
1: An Introduction to the Archaeology of Qumran.
2: The Discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Exploration of Qumran.
3: The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Community at Qumran.
4: The Buildings and Occupation Phases of Qumran.
5: What Do Pottery and Architecture Tell Us about Qumran?.
6: Communal Meals, a Toilet, and Sacred Space at Qumran.
7: Miqva&#x2019;ot at Qumran.
8: Women and the Cemetery at Qumran.
9: The Temple Tax, Clothing, and the Anti-Hellenizing Attitude of the Sectarians.
10: The Settlements at Ein Feshkha and Ein el-Ghuweir.
Illustrations.
Illustration Credits.
Index of Authors and Contemporary Historical Figures.
Index of Scrolls, Biblical Books, Extrabiblical Books, and Individual Historical Figures.
Index of Sites and Place Names.
Index of Subjects.

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