Khirbet Qumrân and Aïn Feshkha IV A: Qumran Cave 11Q: Archaeology and New Scroll Fragments

14. The definition of 'petites grottes' is not based on the morphology of the caves or the set of materials, but on the content of manuscripts. "Le troisième volume des Discoveries in the Judaean Desert est consacré aux 'petites grottes' de Qumran. Nous avons ainsi désigné les grottes de la région de Qumran qui ont livré un lot de manuscrits moins important que les 'grandes grottes' 1Q, 4Q, 11Q." R. de Vaux, 11. Notes de chantier, le 1/3/56. 12. Journal de fouille, le 28/2/56. 13. Notes de chantier, le 1/3/56. Qumran Cave 11Q was discovered by Bedouin in 1956. In the cave, remains of around 30 Dead Sea Scrolls were found, a few of them in very good state of preservation (the Temple Scroll, the Psalm Scroll, the Paleo Leviticus Scroll, and the Targum Job Scroll). The cave was excavated by Roland de Vaux (Ecole Biblique et Archeologique Francaise, Jerusalem) and Gerald L. Harding (Department of Antiquities of Jordan) in 1956; later by Joseph Patrich (University of Haifa) in 1988, and by Marcello Fidanzio and Dan Bahat (ISCAB FTL and Universita della Svizzera Italiana) in 2017. Due to Roland de Vaux's premature death, the archaeology of Cave 11Q has never been published. This volume presents the final report on the 1956, 1988 and 2017 excavations at Cave 11Q. Next to discussing the physical characteristics and stratigraphy of the cave and offering a full analysis of non-textual finds, the volume for the first time presents many tiny manuscript fragments found in storerooms during recent work. These fragments, most of which were collected during 1956 excavation, have not been known until now. The volume, therefore, offers the final report of Cave 11Q excavations as well as the editio princeps of the new fragments, followed by a reevaluation of the entire set of texts found in this famous cave. From Amazon Qumran Cave 11Q was discovered by Bedouin in 1956. In the cave, remains of around 30 Dead Sea Scrolls were found, a few of them in very good state of preservation (the Temple Scroll, the Psalm Scroll, the Paleo Leviticus Scroll, and the Targum Job Scroll). The cave was excavated by Roland de Vaux (École Biblique et Archéologique Française, Jerusalem) and Gerald L. Harding (Department of Antiquities of Jordan) in 1956; later by Joseph Patrich (University of Haifa) in 1988, and by Marcello Fidanzio and Dan Bahat (ISCAB FTL and Università della Svizzera Italiana) in 2017. Due to Roland de Vaux's premature death, the archaeology of Cave 11Q has never been published. This volume presents the final report on the 1956, 1988 and 2017 excavations at Cave 11Q. Next to discussing the physical characteristics and stratigraphy of the cave and offering a full analysis of non-textual finds, the volume for the first time presents many tiny manuscript fragments found in storerooms during recent work. These fragments, most of which were collected during 1956 excavation, have not been known until now. The volume, therefore, offers the final report of Cave 11Q excavations as well as the editio princeps of the new fragments, followed by a reevaluation of the entire set of texts found in this famous cave. .. This volume presents the final report of all three rounds of excavations in Cave 11Q of Qumran (1956, 1988, 2017), the only Dead Sea Scrolls cave unpublished until now. At the same time, Cave 11Q marks the first volume in a new series of publication on the archaeology of the caves of Qumran. Many tiny manuscript fragments (most of them collected during excavations at Cave 11Q in 1956, and stored with other organic materials), were retrieved during preparations for the final report. Next to the non-textual material, the volume presents the editio princeps of these recently recovered fragments, followed by a re-evaluation of the entire set of texts found within the cave This volume presents the final report on the excavations at Cave 11Q, Qumran, unpublished until now, and the editio princeps of many tiny fragments of Dead Sea Scrolls found in Cave 11Q and recently retrieved in the storerooms in Jerusalem