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Re: Golb and Asphalt
At 10:32 PM 6/6/96 +0000, you wrote:
>Brad Harrison wrote:
>
>>
>> If Qumran was not occupied by those whom deposited the scrolls,
>> then why were there unique storage jars found in both sites, but no
>> where else in Palestine? Why no weapons? I can do this forever.
>>
>> Lechem
>>
>> aka: Brad Harrison
>> Gratz College
>
>I prefer to see Qumran Qumran as a repository for the
>Jerusalem Temple. When Herod destroys the public records
>held at the Temple, Temple officials take anything that
>might smack of being anti-Herodian (secterian manuscripts)
>and transfer the scrolls to the repository. I agree with
>Brad that the fort is simply not there, (and neither are
>the Essenes).
>
>Eric Forster
>Trinity
>
Eric there is the tradition of a hiding place for temple scrolls,that would
support such a view.A huiding placed used during the fall of zion in 70 a.c.e
Now how does one make such a connection beyond a
reasonable doubt? The idea of qumran as as essene settlement,is stong in the
minds of tourist today.
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