(Photo Credit: Berthold Werner, Qumran, Public Domain)
HaAretz premium has an article on a theory, based on the Damascus Document, that Qumran was primarily a festival location and not a permanent dwelling for the Essene (or other) sect.
From the article:
Continue reading“A Columbian College of Arts and Sciences professor is using cutting-edge imaging technology to decipher the inscriptions on fragments of broken pottery excavated more than 50 years ago in Jordan. The fragments, long thought to be lost, were recently rediscovered.”
The news announced this week of the latest discoveries at the Herodium in the Holy Land are exciting. According to the article: Continue reading