Khirbet Qumran

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See Qumran.

Khirbet Qumran [ˈkɪəbɛt ˈkʊmrɑːn]

(Placename) an archaeological site in NW Jordan, near the NW shore of the Dead Sea: includes the caves where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found

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Qumran			Uncovered between 1947 and 1956 in 11 caves near Khirbet Qumran, and dating approximately to 250 BCE to 68 CE, the scrolls are one of the greatest archaeological finds of all time. Dead sea scrolls: words that changed the world by ROM Magazine Schniedewind (1999:235-252) observes that the inhabitants of Khirbet Qumran exhibit in their writings a pronounced "sectarian impulse" along with a strong perception of conflict with the religious establishment in Jerusalem, who are in "darkness. The dead sea scrolls and the language of binary opposition: a ... by Hanson, Kenneth L. / The Australian Journal of Jewish Studies Vanderkam, "Calendrical Texts and the Origins of the Dead Sea Scroll Community," in Methods of Investigations of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Khirbet Qumran Site: Present Realities and Future Prospects, edited by Michael O. A History of Jewish Time by Feldman, Ron H. / Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought			kharja Kharkiv Kharkov Khartoum Khaskovo khat Khatami Khatanga Khaya khayal Khayr ad-Din Khayyám khazi kheda khedive Khelat Khenna Khepera Kherson khesari khi khimar Khingan Mountains Khios Khíos Khirbet Qumran Khirghiz Khiva Khmel'nyts'kyy Khmer Khmer Republic Khmer Rouge Khoikhoi Khoikhoin Khoisan Khoisan language Khojent Kholah Kholsun Khomeini Khomeinism Khond Khoper Khorana Khorana Har Gobind Khotan Khotanese khoum Khowar Khrushchev Khudzhand			Khimicheskaia Promyshlennost Khimiia i Zhizn Khimiia Publishing House Khimiia v Selskom Khoziaistve Khimki Khimki Reservoir Khimmin Khinalugtsy Khinchin Khinchin, Aleksandr Khinchin, Aleksandr Iakovlevich Khinchuk, Lev Khinchuk, Lev Mikhailovich Khingan Mountains Khingan Preserve Khingan, Great Khingansk Khintchine Khios Khios Khíos Khíos KHIP Khipu Khipu Khipus Khipus Khirbat al-Mafjar Khirbet Qumran Khirdalan Khirghistan Khirghistan Khirghiz Khirghizia Khirghizia Khirghizstan Khirghizstan Khirgis Depression Khirgis-Nur Khirgistan Khirgistan Khirgizia Khirgizia Khirgizstan Khirgizstan Khirgystan Khirgystan Khirgyzia Khirgyzia Khirgyzstan Khirgyzstan KHIS KHIS KHIS Khisaria Khishrau Khislavichi KHIST Khitan

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