Joe et al. First of all I should like to make the
point that I have received no media attention since the publication of my
picture, as a 'British volunteer',in Yadin's popular book on Masada
and in an article he wrote for the London 'Observer' colour supplement back in
1966! Neither have I
d move off again.Still not many
candidates for the cemetery. Surely many of the corpses were brought in from
beyond Qumran?
David
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Jack,
I suggest that it is less accurate to describe Qumran as \located
smack-dab in
the middle of \Balsam country.\\ than to describe it as located
between (and
distinct from) two known centers of balsam production, both of which had more
plentiful water. If I am located, say, between two
With all due respect, Joe, your conclusions appear to far exceedyour
supportingevidence.
(1) If there were Essenes at Qumran, it is most likely they were there in
the capacity of agricultural workers. The Essenes are characterized as
agriculturalists in all theprimary Greeksources,
1. Several papers read at the Brown conference, which I attended, made
unreliable assertions. Several papers in the Brown volume make uneliable
assertions. Some of the papers contradict one another. Nothing from the Brown
conference and volume seriously refuted Essene presence at Qumran.
2.
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1. Several papers read at the Brown conference, which I attended, made
unreliable assertions. Several papers
