Contents

Foreword

List of Maps, Figures, and Tables

Abbreviations

Introduction

Part 1 Topography

1 The Qumran Caves in their Regional Context: A Chronological Review with a Focus on Bar Kokhba Assemblages

2 Cacher et se cacher à Qumrân : grottes et refuges. Morphologie, fonctions, anthropologie

Part 2 Manuscripts

3 The Contents of the Manuscripts from the Caves of Qumran

4 The Profile and Character of Qumran Cave 4Q: The Community Rule Manuscripts as a Test Case

5 Scribal Characteristics of the Qumran Scrolls

6 La paléographie des manuscrits de la mer Morte

Part 3 Other Finds

7 Terracotta Oil Lamps (Roland de Vaux’s Excavations of the Caves)

8 The Unpublished Textiles from the Qumran Caves

9 Miscellaneous Artefacts from the Qumran Caves: An Exploration of their Significance

10 The Distribution of Tefillin Finds among the Judean Desert Caves

Part 4 Chronology, Functions, Connections

11 When and Why Were Caves Near Qumran and in the Judaean Desert Used?

12 The Connection between the Site of Qumran and the Scroll Caves in Light of the Ceramic Evidence

13 The Functions of the Caves and the Settlement of Qumran: Reflections on a New Chapter of Qumran Research

Part 5 Short Papers

14 The Inscriptional Evidence from Qumran and its Relationship to the Cave 4Q Documents

15 The Coins of Khirbet Qumran from the Digs of Roland De Vaux: Returning to Henri Seyrig and Augustus Spijkerman

16 Dating the Scroll Deposits of the Qumran Caves: A Question of Evidence

17 History of the “Qumran Caves” in the Iron Age in the Light of the Pottery Evidence

Appendix

18 Finds from the Qumran Caves: Roland de Vaux’s Inventory of the Excavations (1949–1956)

Bibliography

Index of Modern Authors

Index of Sites and Place Names