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Jodi Magness – The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls
October 27 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
AIA Society: Baltimore
Monday Oct. 27, 5:00 – 6:00, Johns Hopkins Homewood campus, Room TBA
Jodi Magness
Kenan Distinguished Professor for Teaching Excellence in Early Judaism
Department of Religious Studies, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls
In 1946-1947, the first Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered by accident near the site of Qumran. Eventually the remains of approximately 1000 scrolls were found in 11 caves surrounding Qumran. In this slide-illustrated lecture, we explore the archaeological remains of Qumran, which was inhabited by members of a Jewish sect who deposited the scrolls in the nearby caves, and examine the meaning and significance of the scrolls.
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