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Re: orion news article
This item also appeared on Israeli TV Channel One News. And I am confused.
Do we have to do here with a Qumran sect site, or with an Essene site? Is
the connection to one or the other (or both) proven?
Sincerely,
Jonathan D. Safren
Dept. of Biblical Studies
Beit Berl college
Avital Pinnick wrote:
> An article appeared on Nando Times
> (http://www.nando.net/newsroom/ntn/world/012698/world13_24408.html) by
> Nicolas B. Tatro, "New site of Dead Sea Scroll sect found, says
> researcher." Hebrew University archaeologist Yizhar Hirschfeld claims
> that a site near Ein Gedi was built by the Essenes.
>
> Avital Pinnick
> list moderator
> Orion