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Warriors at Qumran
To add onto post yesterday about the wonders of Archeology check out this article on the theory that before the peaceful Essenes occupied Qumran, the warrior Hasmoneans lived there. Qumran of course is where it is believed that many of the Dead Sea Scrolls were written.
Wikipedia define s the Hasmoneans as follows:
The Hasmoneans (Hebrew: ×—×©×ž×•× ××™×‎, Hashmonaiym, Audio) were the ruling dynasty of the Hasmonean Kingdom (140 BCE–37 BCE),[1] an autonomous Jewish state in ancient Israel. The Hasmonean dynasty was established under the leadership of Simon Maccabaeus, two decades after his brother Judah the Maccabee defeated the Seleucid army during the Maccabee Revolt in 165 BCE. The Kingdom was the only independent Jewish state to exist in the four centuries after the Kingdom of Judah was destroyed by Babylonia in 586 BCE. It survived for over 100 years before becoming a client Kingdom of the Roman Empire under the Herodian Dynasty, in 37 BCE.
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Great information.
The UCLA exhibit looks prrety good, too.
http://www.nelc.ucla.edu/qumran/
I really liked the online trailers.
Thanks for sharing this.
Crispin
South Dakota
webbmd | July 20, 2007 10:38 AM
Hi i just surfed in searching for interesting facts on Essenes in the blogs. you have a cool blog. Do keep up the good work. I'll be back for more. i live far from where you live. its nice to be able to see what people from across the world thinks.
Warm Regards from the Other Side of the Moon.
Bijoy Cletus - Kerala, India
biby | July 20, 2007 1:06 PM
I always thought it might be more plausible that the Essenes were possibly the community of the suviving royal preisthood family ever since they were deposed by the Hasmodeans 163 BCE, I believe. Might make sense as to why their gate was near the temple and Yohannan & Yeshua would have been associated with them. In the article there is not much to differentiate between a fortress site and a royal villa.
Thanks for an interesting article, David K.
David Kimble | July 21, 2007 3:13 PM