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Specifically, one of the more likely theories is that a good number of these scrolls were deposited in the desert by various religious communities for safe keep
by wl 7y ago
Specifically, one of the more likely theories is that a good number of these scrolls were deposited in the desert by various religious communities for safe keeping before the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 CE.
- ilimilku 7y agoYes, there was one article published a number of years ago (the author's name escapes me), who did a good job of parsing out the various communities that could have been responsible for certain caves, priests, Zealots, etc. I'm not sure it got much traction, but I found the exercise intriguing.