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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/23287| Title: | Was Qumran abandoned at the end of the first century BCE? |
| Authors: | Mizzi, Dennis Magness, Jodi |
| Keywords: | Qumran Site (West Bank) Qumran community Qumran Site (West Bank) -- Antiquities |
| Issue Date: | 2016 |
| Publisher: | Society of Biblical Literature |
| Citation: | Mizzi, D., & Magness, J. (2016). Was Qumran abandoned at the end of the first century BCE?. Journal of Biblical Literature, 135(2), 301-320. |
| Abstract: | The chronology and development of Qumran in Period I have been the subject of much debate. One of the most influential hypotheses to emerge is Jodi Magness’s revision of Roland de Vaux’s chronology. In this paper, we revisit a key point of Magness’s chronology, namely, her suggestion that Qumran was destroyed and abandoned around 9/8 BCE and reinhabited ca. 4/1 BCE. Our analysis of the published evidence indicates that this conclusion can no longer be supported. Instead, we propose collapsing Periods I and II into one long phase of occupation with various architectural subphases. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/23287 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacArtMEALC |
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