Qumran in Context, Reassessing the Archaeological Evidence

Rami Arav

doi:10.1017/S0364009405280170

Qumran in Context, Reassessing the Archaeological Evidence

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About 35,000 books and articles have been published thus far on the Dead Sea Scrolls (DSS). The vast majority deal with the literature found in the eleven caves in the vicinity of Qumran and only a few deal with the archaeological remains of Khirbet Qumran nearby. The site was exhaustively excavated a few times in the past fifty-four years. The first that also determined the nature of its interpretation was carried out during 1951 to 1956 by Fr. Roland de Vaux from the French school of biblical studies at Jerusalem, the Ecole Biblique. Most of the site was unearthed during this excavation. The latest excavations were carried out in the past ten years and thus far with extremely meager publications.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	373-376
Number of pages	4
Journal	AJS Review
Volume	29
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0364009405280170
State	Published - Nov 2005
Externally published	Yes

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Cultural Studies
History
Religious studies
Literature and Literary Theory

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