The Caves of Qumran (Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah)

"In Qumran studies, the attention of scholars has largely been focused on the Dead Sea Scrolls, while archaeology has concentrated above all on the settlement. This volume presents the proceedings of an international conference (Lugano 2014) dedicated entirely to the caves of Qumran. The papers deal with both archaeological and textual issues, comparing the caves in the vicinity of Qumran between themselves and their contents with the other finds in the Dead Sea region. The relationships between the caves and the settlement of Qumran are re-examined and their connections with the regional context are investigated. The original inventory of the materials excavated from the caves by Roland de Vaux is published for the first time in appendix to the volume"-- Provided by publisher Contents Foreword List of Maps, Figures, and Tables Abbreviations Introduction Part 1 Topography 1 The Qumran Caves in their Regional Context: A Chronological Review with a Focus on Bar Kokhba Assemblages 2 Cacher et se cacher à Qumrân : grottes et refuges. Morphologie, fonctions, anthropologie Part 2 Manuscripts 3 The Contents of the Manuscripts from the Caves of Qumran 4 The Profile and Character of Qumran Cave 4Q: The Community Rule Manuscripts as a Test Case 5 Scribal Characteristics of the Qumran Scrolls 6 La paléographie des manuscrits de la mer Morte Part 3 Other Finds 7 Terracotta Oil Lamps (Roland de Vaux’s Excavations of the Caves) 8 The Unpublished Textiles from the Qumran Caves 9 Miscellaneous Artefacts from the Qumran Caves: An Exploration of their Significance 10 The Distribution of Tefillin Finds among the Judean Desert Caves Part 4 Chronology, Functions, Connections 11 When and Why Were Caves Near Qumran and in the Judaean Desert Used? 12 The Connection between the Site of Qumran and the Scroll Caves in Light of the Ceramic Evidence 13 The Functions of the Caves and the Settlement of Qumran: Reflections on a New Chapter of Qumran Research Part 5 Short Papers 14 The Inscriptional Evidence from Qumran and its Relationship to the Cave 4Q Documents 15 The Coins of Khirbet Qumran from the Digs of Roland De Vaux: Returning to Henri Seyrig and Augustus Spijkerman 16 Dating the Scroll Deposits of the Qumran Caves: A Question of Evidence 17 History of the “Qumran Caves” in the Iron Age in the Light of the Pottery Evidence Appendix 18 Finds from the Qumran Caves: Roland de Vaux’s Inventory of the Excavations (1949–1956) Bibliography Index of Modern Authors Index of Sites and Place Names