Khirbat Qumran

Khirbat Qumran
or Khirbet Qumran geographical name locality West Bank on Wadi Qumran near NW shore of Dead Sea; site of an Essene community (about 100 B.C.-A.D. 68) near a series of caves in which the Dead Sea Scrolls were found

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  • Essene — Essenian /e see nee euhn/, Essenic /e sen ik/, adj. /es een, e seen /, n. Judaism. a member of a Palestinian sect, characterized by asceticism, celibacy, and joint holding of property, that flourished from the 2nd century B.C. to the 2nd century… …   Universalium

  • WRITING — (Scripts, Materials, and Inscriptions). SCRIPTS AND MATERIALS General Survey From the end of the third millennium B.C.E., the art of writing was practiced in the ancient Near East (see alphabet ). Here, the pictographic, cuneiform, and… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

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