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The Essenes, the Scrolls, and the Dead Sea (Hardcover, New)
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The Essenes, the Scrolls, and the Dead Sea (Hardcover, New)
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Ever since the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in caves near the
site of Qumran in 1947, this mysterious cache of manuscripts has
been associated with the Essenes, a 'sect' configured as marginal
and isolated. Scholarly consensus has held that an Essene library
was hidden ahead of the Roman advance in 68 CE, when Qumran was
partly destroyed. With much doubt now expressed about aspects of
this view, the Essenes, the Scrolls and the Dead Sea systematically
reviews the surviving historical sources, and supports an
understanding of the Essenes as an influential legal society, at
the centre of Judaean religious life, held in much esteem by many
and protected by the Herodian dynasty, thus appearing as
'Herodians' in the Gospels. Opposed to the Hasmoneans, the Essenes
combined sophisticated legal expertise and autonomy with an austere
regimen of practical work, including a specialisation in medicine
and pharmacology. Their presence along the north-western Dead Sea
is strongly indicated by two independent sources, Dio Chrysostom
and Pliny the Elder, and coheres with the archaeology. The Dead Sea
Scrolls represent not an isolated library, quickly hidden, but
burials of manuscripts from numerous Essene collections, placed in
jars in caves for long-term preservation. The historical context of
the Dead Sea area itself, and its extraordinary natural resources,
as well as the archaeology of Qumran, confirm the Essenes'
patronage by Herod, and indicate that they harnessed the medicinal
material the Dead Sea zone provides to this day.
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