Qumran

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Khirbet. Qumran. The city of Qumran was an ancient village on the northwest shore of the Dead Sea, in what is now the West Bank. It is famous for its caves, in some of which the Dead Sea Scrolls were found. Archaeological work at Qumran has yielded a profile of its history. In Israelite times it was the site of a small settlement and was called the city of Salt (Joshua 15.62). Between 130 B.C. and 110 B.C. Qumran was rebuilt by the Jewish sect whose library is represented by the Dead Sea Scrolls. It was destroyed (31 B.C.) by an earthquake and was rebuilt in 4 B.C. The Romans destroyed it (A.D. 68) and made use of the site as a military fortress.

Khirbet Qumran is an archaeological site in W Jordan, near the NW coast of the Dead Sea. The site of a settlement of the 'Qumran Community' (identified by many scholars with Essenes described by Philo and Josephus) many of whose MSS, discovered in A.D. 1947 and since in caves nearby, give much information on life and beliefs of the Community, which existed here 150 B.C. - A.D. 68. The Dead Sea Scrolls were found here in 1947.

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