tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post116782247491976137..comments2024-03-27T07:01:13.725+02:00Comments on The Muqata: Dead Sea Latrine found at QumranJameel @ The Muqatahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15890095633246557332noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-1167841020844086922007-01-03T18:17:00.000+02:002007-01-03T18:17:00.000+02:00In a new study, three researchers ... say the find...<I>In a new study, three researchers ... say the find proves the people living here two millennia ago were Essenes, an ascetic Jewish sect that left Jerusalem to seek proximity to God in the desert.</I><BR/><BR/>In fact most Jewish researchers have drifted away from the Essene theory and see in Qumran a pottery factory quasi agricultural settlement. The scrolls of various sects can be explained by refugees escaping Jerusalem seeking temporary safe storage for their precious documents as they fled the conquering Roman army.Yoel.Ben-Avrahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03833004397515977724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-1167834480243181102007-01-03T16:28:00.000+02:002007-01-03T16:28:00.000+02:00ok its official-i like ur bannersure scraps the im...ok its official-<BR/>i like ur banner<BR/>sure scraps the image that e/o had of the muqata <BR/>be wellAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com