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Article: SCHOLARS SPLIT OVER DEAD SEA NATIVES.(News)
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- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
- Article date:
- August 27, 2004
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Byline: Josef Federman Associated Press
QUMRAN, West Bank -- Rival groups of scholars excavating this dusty plateau overlooking the Dead Sea are arguing over who lived here in biblical times -- ordinary farmers or the Essenes, a monastic sect seen by some as a link between Judaism and early Christianity.
The Essenes were the authors and collectors of the Dead Sea Scrolls, more than 1,000 ancient texts found a half century ago in the caves above Qumran, one of the most significant discoveries in the Holy Land.
But some Israeli archaeologists say the placement of the scrolls in the caves doesn't mean the Essenes lived at Qumran, arguing they ...