https://jdavidstark.com/tags/khirbet-qumran/ Recent content in Khirbet-Qumran on J. David Stark https://jdavidstark.com/images/papermod-cover.png https://jdavidstark.com/images/papermod-cover.png Hugo -- 0.166.0 en J. David Stark Thu, 09 Feb 2017 14:00:05 +0000 https://jdavidstark.com/qumran-cave-12/ Thu, 09 Feb 2017 14:00:05 +0000 http://jdavidstark.com/?p=14665 <p>Working under the auspices of Operation Scroll, archaeologists have discovered what is being numbered as the twelfth scroll cave in the vicinity of Khirbet Qumran.</p> <p>Work in the new cave has produced no new texts, but both linen (characteristic of scroll wrappers found elsewhere) and blank parchment fragments suggest that texts probably were stored in the cave at some point. Since no [scroll-type] texts were found in this cave, as with cave 8, the new cave&rsquo;s designation will likely be Q12 rather than 12Q. [Updated 15 February 2017. For explanation of this correction, please see <a href = "/qumran-cave-12-update-2/" >Qumran Cave 12: Update 2</a>.]</p>