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The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls altered our understanding of the development of the biblical text, the history and literature of Second Temple Judaism, and the thought of the early Christian community. Questions continue to surround the relationship between the caves in which the scrolls were found and the nearby settlement at Khirbet Qumran. In Scribes and Scrolls at Qumran, Sidnie White...

Very little information can be gleaned from these inscriptions, apart from the fact that they are Jewish, given the language and the name Yair; there may have been some concern with storing pure goods (Gr8Q10); finally, trade outside the settlement was occurring. Now that we have surveyed each cave separately, what general observations can we make concerning the caves and their contents? We begin with the geographical location of the caves, continue
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