Sealed Jar Found at Qumran
December 12, 2010 at 2:49 pm
(This post was last modified: December 12, 2010 at 2:50 pm by Minimalist.)
http://www.unreportedheritagenews.com/20...ed-at.html
Just a jar of gypsum apparently for making plaster.
What is more interesting than the jar is this comment:
The "Essenes-and-Essenes-Only" school of thought seems to be losing out. Twenty years ago I doubt anyone would have written something like that.
Just a jar of gypsum apparently for making plaster.
What is more interesting than the jar is this comment:
Quote: Originally it was believed that a group called the Essenes lived at the site and wrote the scrolls. However recent archaeological work by Peleg and Magen suggests that the site was used as a military outpost by the Hamoneans starting around 100 BC. They were a dynasty of Jewish kings that ruled much of Palestine.
The "Essenes-and-Essenes-Only" school of thought seems to be losing out. Twenty years ago I doubt anyone would have written something like that.
