# Magness 2021: The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls (2nd edition)

> Jodi Magness, 2021. 7 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Source for the majority view of provenance and for the discovery history.

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# The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls (2nd edition)

Jodi Magness, 2021. _Eerdmans, Grand Rapids_.

The standard archaeological account of Qumran, arguing that a sectarian community lived at the site and collected and copied many of the scrolls.

**Dead Sea Scrolls: dating, scribes and provenance** Bookdoi: **[10.1017/cbo9781139013833.007](https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139013833.007)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

Source for the majority view of provenance and for the discovery history.

## Cited by on this site 7 records

[A sectarian community living at Qumran collected and partly copied the library.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dead-sea-scrolls-dating/answers/ANS0D484W6G601R/a-sectarian-community-living-at-qumran-collected-and-partly)

Answer

ANS

[Many of the manuscripts were copied at Qumran itself by members of the community, in the room excavators…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dead-sea-scrolls-dating/answers/ANS0D484VF2187R/many-of-the-manuscripts-were-copied-at-qumran-itself-by)

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[The standard archaeological account interprets the site as a sectarian settlement linked to the caves.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dead-sea-scrolls-dating/evidence/EVD0D484WEA2HC5/the-standard-archaeological-account-interprets-the-site-as-a)

Evidence

EVD

[Bedouin find the first scrolls in Qumran Cave 1](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dead-sea-scrolls-dating/events/EVT0D484K5E6HZA/bedouin-find-the-first-scrolls-in-qumran-cave-1)

EVT

[Jodi Magness](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dead-sea-scrolls-dating/people/FIG0D484HPJ2APJ/jodi-magness)

FIG

[Dead Sea Scrolls: dating, scribes and provenance](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dead-sea-scrolls-dating)

The mystery article

MYS

[Where were the scrolls made, and by whom were they collected?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dead-sea-scrolls-dating/questions/QST0D484P366F4K/where-were-the-scrolls-made-and-by-whom-were-they-collected)

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## Cite it

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Magness, J. (2021). The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls (2nd edition). Eerdmans, Grand Rapids. https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139013833.007
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[Find it at eerdmans.com](https://www.eerdmans.com/9780802879080/the-archaeology-of-qumran-and-the-dead-sea-scrolls-2nd-ed/)

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**SRC** 0D484DSJ4QVM

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