The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls

by Magness, Jodi

• ISBN13: 9780802826879
• ISBN10: 0802826873
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-07-01
• Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co

Author Biography

Jodi Magness is Kenan Distinguished Professor for Teaching Excellence in Early Judaism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has participated in twenty different excavations in Israel and Greece, including serving as codirector of the 1995 excavations in the Roman siege works at Masada.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Illustrations	p. ix
An Introduction to the Archaeology of Qumran	p. 1
Bibliographical Notes	p. 16
The Discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Exploration of Qumran	p. 19
Bibliographical Notes	p. 29
The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Community at Qumran	p. 32
Bibliographical Notes	p. 45
The Buildings and Occupation Phases of Qumran	p. 47
Bibliographical Notes	p. 71
What Do Pottery and Architecture Tell Us about Qumran?	p. 73
Bibliographical Notes	p. 100
Communal Meals, a Toilet, and Sacred Space at Qumran	p. 105
Bibliographical Notes	p. 131
Miqva'ot at Qumran	p. 134
Bibliographical Notes	p. 158
Women and the Cemetery at Qumran	p. 163
Bibliographical Notes	p. 185
The Temple Tax, Clothing, and the Anti-Hellenizing Attitude of the Sectarians	p. 188
Bibliographical Notes	p. 206
The Settlements at Ein Feshkha and Ein el-Ghuweir	p. 210
Bibliographical Notes	p. 224
Index of Authors and Contemporary Historical Figures	p. 226
Index of Scrolls, Biblical Books, Extrabiblical Books, and Individual Historical Figures	p. 230
Index of Sites and Place Names	p. 233
General Index	p. 236
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