Overview

In Qumran studies, the attention of scholars has largely been focused on the Dead Sea Scrolls, while archaeology has concentrated above all on the settlement. This volume presents the proceedings of an international conference (Lugano 2014) dedicated entirely to the caves of Qumran. The papers deal with both archaeological and textual issues, comparing the caves in the vicinity of Qumran between themselves and their contents with the other finds in the Dead Sea region. The relationships between the caves and the settlement of Qumran are re-examined and their connections with the regional context are investigated. The original inventory of the materials excavated from the caves by Roland de Vaux is published for the first time in appendix to the volume.

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Author:   Marcello Fidanzio
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   118
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 28.00cm
Weight:   1.667kg
ISBN:  

9789004316492

ISBN 10:   9004316493
Pages:   362
Publication Date:   15 November 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents Foreword George J. Brooke Introduction Marcello Fidanzio Part 1: Topography 1 The Qumran Caves in their Regional Context: A Chronological Review with a Focus on Bar Kokhba Assemblages Joan E. Taylor 2 Cacher et se cacher a Qumran : grottes et refuges. Morphologie, fonctions, anthropologie Jean-Baptiste Humbert Part 2: Manuscripts 3 The Contents of the Manuscripts from the Caves of Qumran Florentino Garcia Martinez 4 The Profile and Character of Qumran Cave 4Q: The Community Rule Manuscripts as a Test Case Charlotte Hempel 5 Scribal Characteristics of the Qumran Scrolls Emanuel Tov 6 La paleographie des manuscrits de la mer Morte Emile Puech Part 3: Other Finds 7 Terracotta Oil Lamps (Roland de Vaux's Excavations of the Caves) Jolanta Mlynarczyk 8 The Unpublished Textiles from the Qumran Caves 123 Mireille Belis 9 Miscellaneous Artefacts from the Qumran Caves: An Exploration of their Significance Dennis Mizzi 10 The Distribution of Tefillin Finds among the Judean Desert Caves Yonatan Adler Part 4: Chronology, Functions, Connections 11 When and Why Were Caves Near Qumran and in the Judaean Desert Used? Mladen Popovic 12 The Connection between the Site of Qumran and the Scroll Caves in Light of the Ceramic Evidence Jodi Magness 13 The Functions of the Caves and the Settlement of Qumran: Reflections on a New Chapter of Qumran Research Jurgen K. Zangenberg Part 5: Short Papers 14 The Inscriptional Evidence from Qumran and its Relationship to the Cave 4Q Documents Sidnie White Crawford 15 The Coins of Khirbet Qumran from the Digs of Roland De Vaux: Returning to Henri Seyrig and Augustus Spijkerman Bruno Callegher 16 Dating the Scroll Deposits of the Qumran Caves: A Question of Evidence Gregory L. Doudna 17 History of the Qumran Caves in the Iron Age in the Light of the Pottery Evidence Mariusz Burdajewicz Appendix 18 Finds from the Qumran Caves: Roland de Vaux's Inventory of the Excavations (1949-1956) Marcello Fidanzio and Jean-Baptiste Humbert Bibliography Index of Modern Authors Index of Sites and Place Names

Reviews

Neben wichtigem Bekanntem finden sich hier kaum weniger bedeutsame, oft vernachlassigte oder bisher unbekannte Details zum Verhaltnis von archaologischem und handschriftlichem Befund, von Hoehlen und der Gemeinschaft der Texte von Qumran versammelt, die in einer noch jungen Phase der Qumranforschung, aber auch grundsatzlich immer wieder eingehend zu uberprufen sind, um das Bild, wo noetig, korrigieren zu koennen. Dem Herausgeber und nicht zuletzt naturlich den Autoren gebuhrt fur die dazu prasentierte anregende Fulle an Befunden grosser Dank. - Peter Porzig, in: Zeitschriften- und Bucherschau, 2018 Die Zusammenfassung einer internationalen Konferenz 2014 kann als Standardwerk zur Qumranforschung bezeichnet werden. - in: Welt und Umwelt der Bibel, 2018 The volume is destined to prove a useful and profitable tool for textual scholars of the dead Sea Scrolls and archeologists seeking to understand the caves of Qumran in all their dimensions.... It paints a big picture of the Qumran caves and illustrates diverse associations between the caves, Scrolls, and site. - Asaf Gayer, in: Dead Sea Discoveries, 2019

Neben wichtigem Bekanntem finden sich hier kaum weniger bedeutsame, oft vernachlassigte oder bisher unbekannte Details zum Verhaltnis von archaologischem und handschriftlichem Befund, von Hoehlen und der Gemeinschaft der Texte von Qumran versammelt, die in einer noch jungen Phase der Qumranforschung, aber auch grundsatzlich immer wieder eingehend zu uberprufen sind, um das Bild, wo noetig, korrigieren zu koennen. Dem Herausgeber und nicht zuletzt naturlich den Autoren gebuhrt fur die dazu prasentierte anregende Fulle an Befunden grosser Dank. Peter Porzig, Zeitschriften- und Bucherschau, 2018 Die Zusammenfassung einer internationalen Konferenz 2014 kann als Standardwerk zur Qumranforschung bezeichnet werden. Welt und Umwelt der Bibel, 2018

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Marcello Fidanzio, Ph.D. (2013), is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Theology of Lugano. He is also a research associate at the École Biblique et Archéologique Française of Jerusalem, where he is entrusted with the final report of the excavations of the caves of Qumran directed by Roland de Vaux.

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