Qumran: The Site of the Dead Sea Scrolls: Archaeological Interpretations and Debates
Proceedings of a Conference held at Brown University, November 17-19, 2002
Edited by Katharina Galor, Jean-Baptiste Humbert and Jürgen Zangenberg
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Biographical note
Katharina Galor is a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World at Brown University. She has excavated in France, Italy and Israel, and has previously taught at Hebrew University and the École biblique et archéologique française in Jerusalem.
Jean-Baptiste Humbert is Director of the Archaeological Division at the École biblique et archéologique française in Jerusalem. He conducted excavations in Israel, Iran, Jordan and Palestine and is in charge of the publication of the Qumran material excavated by de Vaux since 1988.
Jürgen Zangenberg holds a research position for New Testament at the University of Tilburg, Netherlands and teaches New Testament at the University of Frankfurt, Germany. He has excavated in Israel and Jordan.
Jean-Baptiste Humbert is Director of the Archaeological Division at the École biblique et archéologique française in Jerusalem. He conducted excavations in Israel, Iran, Jordan and Palestine and is in charge of the publication of the Qumran material excavated by de Vaux since 1988.
Jürgen Zangenberg holds a research position for New Testament at the University of Tilburg, Netherlands and teaches New Testament at the University of Frankfurt, Germany. He has excavated in Israel and Jordan.
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All those interested in the archaeology of Israel, the Dead Sea Scrolls, the material culture of Second Temple Judaism and the cultural and religious history of the Ancient World.
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