# Golb 1995: Who Wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls? The Search for the Secret of Qumran

> Norman Golb, 1995. 4 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Source for the main rival provenance hypothesis.

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# Who Wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls? The Search for the Secret of Qumran

Norman Golb, 1995. _Scribner, New York_.

Argues that the scrolls are the libraries of Jerusalem hidden in the caves during the revolt against Rome and that Qumran was a fortress, not a sectarian settlement.

**Dead Sea Scrolls: dating, scribes and provenance** Bookdoi: **[10.5860/choice.32-5022](https://doi.org/10.5860/choice.32-5022)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

Source for the main rival provenance hypothesis.

## Cited by on this site 4 records

[The scrolls are the libraries of Jerusalem hidden during the revolt against Rome; Qumran was not their home.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dead-sea-scrolls-dating/answers/ANS0D484WP43C53/the-scrolls-are-the-libraries-of-jerusalem-hidden-during-the)

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[Norman Golb](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dead-sea-scrolls-dating/people/FIG0D484HYC2AXB/norman-golb)

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

The mystery article

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[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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Golb, N. (1995). Who Wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls? The Search for the Secret of Qumran. Scribner, New York. https://doi.org/10.5860/choice.32-5022
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[Read it free at archive.org](https://archive.org/details/whowrotedeadseas00golb)

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