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The archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls / Jodi Magness.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Magness, Jodi.
- Series:
- Studies in the Dead Sea scrolls and related literature
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Qumran community.
- Excavations (Archaeology)--West Bank.
- Excavations (Archaeology).
- West Bank.
- Qumran Site (West Bank).
- Dead Sea scrolls.
- Physical Description:
- x, 238 pages, 36 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- Pbk edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Grand Rapids, MI. : William B. Eerdmans Pub., 2003.
- Contents:
- An introduction to the archaeology of Qumran
- The discovery of the Dead Sea scrolls and the exploration of Qumran
- The Dead Sea scrolls and the community at Qumran
- The buildings and occupation phases of Qumran
- What do pottery and architecture tell us about Qumran?
- Communal meals, a toilet, and sacred space at Qumran
- Miqva'ot at Qumran
- Women and the cemetery at Qumran
- The temple tax, clothing, and the anti-Hellenizing attitude of the sectarians
- The settlements at Ein Feshkha and Ein el-Ghuweir.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-225) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0802826873
- 9780802826879
- OCLC:
- 53101105
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