Qumran
What we know — and how we know it
Archaeology — physical evidence · 1
Scholarly — supported scholarly belief · 1
Life, role & deeds
Peter van der Sluijs — CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
ArchaeologyThe caves at Qumran yielded the Dead Sea Scrolls — including a complete Isaiah scroll a thousand years older than any Hebrew Bible manuscript known before.
Great Isaiah Scroll (1QIsaᵃ), Qumran Cave 1 (discovered 1947), now in the Shrine of the Book, Israel Museum, Jerusalem; editio princeps in Millar Burrows (ed.), The Dead Sea Scrolls of St. Mark's Monastery, vol. 1 (New Haven: ASOR, 1950)
ScholarlyMost scholars link the settlement to the Essenes, a strict Jewish community of the Second Temple period.
Scholarly consensus on Qumran & the Essenes
