Was Qumran Abandoned at the End of the First Century BCE?
The chronology and development of Qumran in Period I have been the subject of much debate. One of the most influential hypotheses to emerge is Jodi Magness's revision of Roland de Vaux's chronology. In this paper, we revisit a key point of Magness's chronology, namely, her suggestion...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Scholar's Press
[2016]
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| In: |
Journal of Biblical literature
Year: 2016, Volume: 135, Issue: 2, Pages: 301-320 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Qumran
/ Destruction
/ Dating
/ Stratigraphy
/ Silberfund
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| IxTheo Classification: | HH Archaeology KBJ Italy |
| Further subjects: | B
DEBATES & debating
B Qumran Site (West Bank) B Occupations B DE Vaux, Roland B Chronology B MAGNESS, Jodi |
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| Summary: | The chronology and development of Qumran in Period I have been the subject of much debate. One of the most influential hypotheses to emerge is Jodi Magness's revision of Roland de Vaux's chronology. In this paper, we revisit a key point of Magness's chronology, namely, her suggestion that Qumran was destroyed and abandoned around 9/8 BCE and reinhabited ca. 4/1 BCE. Our analysis of the published evidence indicates that this conclusion can no longer be supported. Instead, we propose collapsing Periods I and II into one long phase of occupation with various architectural subphases. |
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| ISSN: | 1934-3876 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Biblical literature
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.15699/jbl.1352.2016.3085 |