Qumran Questions The Biblical Seminar 36

Sheffield, UK: Sheffield Academic Press, 1995. First Impression. Paperbound. As New/No Dust Jacket. Octavo, [22.5cm/9inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 211, indexed.Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Qumran is an archaeological site in the West Bank managed by Israel's Qumran National Park. It is located on a plateau about 1.5 km (1 mi) from the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea. Since the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1947–1956, extensive excavations have taken place in Qumran. Nearly 900 scrolls were discovered. Most were written on parchment and some on papyrus. Cisterns, Jewish ritual baths, and cemeteries have been found, along with a dining or assembly room and debris from an upper story alleged by some to have been a scriptorium as well as pottery kilns and a tower. Many scholars believe the location was home to a Jewish sect, probably the Essenes. ... James Hamilton Charlesworth is an American academic who served as the George L. Collord Professor of New Testament Language and Literature until January 17, 2019, and Director of the Dead Sea Scrolls Project at the Princeton Theological Seminary.