Prior to the discovery of Dead Sea Scrolls in 1948, scholars studying the passages in Josephus' work which mention the pre-Christian sect of the Essenes attempt to explain various sections in Josep…
On the western shore of the Dead Sea, about eight miles south of Jericho, lies a complex of ruins known as Khirbet Qumran. It occupies one of the lowest parts of the earth, on the fringe of the hot…