This Bible History Daily feature was originally published in November 2012.Ībout the bible ada yardeni amnon ben tor Antiquities antiquities authority Archaeology archaeology review archaeology sites bas library bib arch bib arch org Bible bible history bible history daily Biblical biblical arch Biblical Archaeology Biblical Archaeology Review Biblical Archaeology Sites Biblical Artifacts biblical sites biblicalarchaeology biblicalarchaeology.Argues that traditional reasons for supposing a programmatically adversarial relationship between the sect of the Qumran texts and Hasmonean high priests are insubstantial, and that the sect of the Qumran texts controlled the temple during some of the Hasmonean era. Did Masada excavator Yigael Yadin find the lots by which the Jewish rebels decided who would be the last to live? Back to Masada, edited by Hebrew University professor Amnon Ben-Tor, brings the siege of Masada vividly to life. Not a BAS Library member yet? Join the BAS Library today.Ĭheek-by-jowl with Herod the Great’s handsomely decorated palace complex at Masada are the tattered remains of the Jewish defenders who, Josephus tells us, committed suicide rather than surrender to the Roman army. But that’s only a best guess.”īAS Library Members: Read the full article “Scribe Links Qumran and Masada” by Sidnie White Crawford as it appears in the November/December 2012 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review. Sidnie White Crawford posits that “it seems likely that some manuscripts from Qumran were carried south by refugees fleeing the Roman destruction of Qumran in 68 C.E. Nine copies of the sectarian Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice manuscript were discovered in two caves at Qumran, and another was discovered at Masada in the same locus as the Joshua Apocryphon. Sidnie White Crawford establishes a second scribal connection between Masada and the Qumran scrolls. The text bears resemblance to certain Qumran scrolls, and even before Yardeni’s handwriting analysis, scholars suggested that the manuscript may have been the product of a Qumran scribe. According to Sidnie White Crawford, the discovery of a single scribal hand in multiple caves suggests that “the scribe was a member of that sect who also copied Jewish scriptural scrolls, countering the idea that the Qumran collection was a non-sectarian ‘general Jewish’ library.” Moreover, she argues that a single scribe’s penmanship in multiple caves counters the idea that each cave reflects a separate collection belonging to a different Jewish group.Īda Yardeni noticed that the ancient scribe who penned these Qumran scrolls also penned an apocryphon woven on the Book of Joshua that was discovered at Masada. In the November/December 2012 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review, Sidnie White Crawford discusses the implications of the important paleographic discoveries made by Ada Yardeni.Īda Yardeni identified the handwriting of a single ancient scribe on Qumran scrolls found in six different caves. Israeli paleographer Ada Yardeni recently identified over 50 Qumran scrolls penned by the same scribe moreover, she identified a manuscript from the desert fortress at Masada written by the same scribe. These studies rarely focus on an individual ancient scribe they generally consider the religious orientation and scholarship of the broader community. Photo: Courtesy Israel Antiquities Authority/Photographer Tsila Sagiv.There has been a great deal written about the community of scribes that penned the Qumran scrolls. Ada Yardeni identified the same ancient scribe’s unique handwriting on this Hosea commentary and many other Qumran scrolls.
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