qumran

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Qumeran Caves, caves near the Dead Sea in Israel (place where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in 1947)
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Site on the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in 1947. Excavations less than a mile from the sea have revealed the ruins of buildings believed by some scholars to have been occupied by Essenes, the probable authors of the scrolls. The buildings include a scriptorium, a potter's workshop, and a flour mill; water was supplied through an aqueduct. The Essenes are thought to have founded a monastic community at Qumrn in the mid-2nd century BC. They temporarily abandoned the settlement after an earthquake and fire in 31 BC but later returned and lived there until Roman legions destroyed the community in AD 68
The site at the Northeast corner of the Dead Sea where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found, beginning in 1947 Occupied between the mid-second century BCE and the First Jewish Revolt (66-70 CE); some scholars believe the inhabitants to have been the Essenes, while others disagree Qumran literature refers to the scrolls found on the site This literature reveals the Qumran community to have been well outside the mainstream of Jewish teaching at the time The architecture of the site indicates a highly communal lifestyle
Site of the caves where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered, just northwest of the Dead Sea in the West Bank
Location of the Essene Community And Near to The Dead Sea Scroll Caves
Ruins of an Essene monastic community located near the northwest corner of the Dead Sea, near which the Essene library (Dead Sea Scrolls) were hidden in caves The Romans destroyed it in 68 c e
The site of the discovery of the manuscripts popularly known as the "Dead Sea Scrolls"