Qumran - Wikipedia
WEBQumran (Hebrew: קומראן; Arabic: خربة قمران Khirbet Qumran) is an archaeological site in the West Bank managed by Israel's Qumran National Park. It is located on a dry marl plateau about 1.5 km (1 mi) from the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea , about 10 km (6 mi) south of the historic city of Jericho , and adjacent to the modern ...
Qumrān | Caves, Scrolls, Map, & Meaning | Britannica
WEBQumrān, region on the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea, notable since 1947 as the site of the caves where the Dead Sea Scrolls were first discovered. Excavations (since 1949) at a site called Khirbet Qumrān (Arabic: “Qumrān Ruins”), less than a mile from the sea and north of the waterway Wadi.
Dead Sea Scrolls - Wikipedia
WEBThe Dead Sea Scrolls, also called the Qumran Caves Scrolls, are a set of ancient Jewish manuscripts from the Second Temple period. They were discovered over a period of 10 years, between 1946 and 1956, at the Qumran Caves near Ein Feshkha in the West Bank, on the northern shore of the Dead Sea.
Qumran Caves - Wikipedia
WEBThe Qumran Caves (Arabic: خربة قمران Kuhūf Qumrān; Hebrew: מערות קומראן HaMeara Kumran) are a series of caves, both natural and artificial, found around the archaeological site of Qumran in the Judaean Desert. It is in these …
The Dead Sea Scrolls - Introduction
WEBQumran Caves Scrolls. The Qumran Caves Scrolls contain significant religious literature. They consist of two types: “biblical” manuscripts—books found in today’s Hebrew Bible, and “non-biblical” manuscripts—other religious writings circulating during the Second Temple era, often related to the texts now in the Hebrew Bible.
Understanding the Dead Sea Scrolls of Qumran
WEBOct 3, 2011 · What are the Dead Sea Scrolls? Often referred to as the most important archaeological discovery of the 20th century, the ancient texts discovered in the caves above Qumran have brought a tremendous amount of information to bear on our understanding of the ancient Biblical world and its customs—and have provoked as …
The Qumran Library - Scrolls from the Dead Sea | Exhibitions
WEBArtifact from the Qumran Site. The scrolls and scroll fragments recovered in the Qumran environs represent a voluminous body of Jewish documents, a veritable "library", dating from the third century B.C.E. to 68 C.E. Unquestionably, the "library," which is the greatest manuscript find of the twentieth century, demonstrates the rich literary ...
The Qumran Community - Scrolls from the Dead Sea | Exhibitions ...
WEBLocated on a barren terrace between the limestone cliffs of the Judean desert and the maritime bed along the Dead Sea, the Qumran site was excavated by Pere Roland de Vaux, a French Dominican, as part of his effort to find the habitation of those who deposited the scrolls in the nearby caves.
Qumran & the Dead Sea Scrolls | Live Science
WEBFeb 8, 2017 · The site of Khirbet Qumran (a modern Arabic name) is located in the West Bank, near the northern edge of the Dead Sea, and is the place where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found in 11 nearby caves 70...
New Study Solves the Mystery of Dead Sea Scrolls Site
WEBAug 29, 2021 · The site of Qumran at the northern end of the Dead Sea has been firing the imagination of researchers and archaeology buffs for 70 years. Cave No. 4, located in a cliff inside the national park, is a world-scale archaeological treasure. Most of the hidden scrolls were found there.
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