Published by Brill Academic Pub, 2005
ISBN 10: 9004145044 ISBN 13: 9789004145047
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. illustrated edition. 308 pages. 11.25x8.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.
Published by Brill, Leiden, 2006
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. First edition. Quarto (11-1/2" x 8-1/2"). x, 308pp. Indices and bibliography. Brown cloth lettered in silver. Illustrated throughout with maps, ground plans, drawings and photos. An ex-library copy but with minimal markings (small rubber stamp on title and top & bottom of text block), otherwise a fine copy. Today, archaeology plays an ever growing role in Qumran studies. Fifteen papers presented in 2002 at Brown University provide the necessary data to break new ground in the recent debate about the character of Qumran. Section I discusses material from old and new excavations that help assess the validity of the traditional Qumran-Essene hypothesis. Part II discusses various aspects of the main settlement such as division of space, the character of period III, the date of the cave scroll deposits and the use of food. Part III deals with the Qumran cemetery and a similar graveyard at Khirbet Qazone. Part IV places Qumran into a wider regional context, concentrating on local agriculture and ceramic production. The articles strongly call for a new awareness for archaeological detail and, in their various ways, instigate a renewed debate about how to bring texts and material culture into a meaningful dialogue. (Publisher) Contents: 1.; Some remarks on the archaeology of Qumran /; Jean-Baptiste Humbert --; 2.; The 1996 excavations at Qumran and the context of the new Hebrew Ostracon /; James F. Strange --; 3.; Back to Qumran : ten years of excavation and research, 1993-2004 /; Yizhak Magen and Yuval Peleg --; 4.; Hedging the holy at Qumran : walls as symbolic devices /; Joan Branham --; 5.; Kh. Qumran in period III /; Joan E. Taylor --; 6.; The legacy of an error in archaeological interpretation : the dating of the Qumran cave scroll deposits /; Gregory L. Doudna --; 7.; A table in the wilderness : pantries and tables, pure food and sacred space at Qumran /; Stephen J. Pfann. Volume 57 of the series, Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah.