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- Title
Josephus's Essenes and the Qumran Community.
- Authors
Atkinson, Kenneth; Magness, Jodi
- Abstract
This article presents discussion regarding the relationship between the Qumran community of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Jewish Essene sect as described by the historian Josephus. Details are given describing the arguments for and against the connection between the two groups, reviewing several textual similarities between their documents and in descriptions of both communities. Conclusions are offered affirming the theory of their connection.
- Subjects
WEST Bank; ESSENES; QUMRAN community; JEWISH sects; JOSEPHUS, Flavius, ca. 37-ca. 100; JEWISH history -- 168 B.C.-135 A.D.; QUMRAN Site (West Bank)
- Publication
Journal of Biblical Literature, 2010, Vol 129, Issue 2, p317
- ISSN
0021-9231
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/27821022