Crawford, Sidnie White, <br/><br/>
Scribes and scrolls at Qumran / 
Sidnie White Crawford. 
 - xviii, 406 pages ;  25 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-365) and index. 
<br/><br/>Scribes and libraries in the ancient Near Eastern and Mediterranean worlds -- Scribes and libraries in ancient Israel -- Caves and scrolls: the archaeology of the caves and the texts found in them -- The archaeology of Qumran -- The Qumran scrolls collection: a scribal library with a sectarian component -- Who owned the scrolls? The Qumran-Essene hypothesis revisited -- Scribes and scrolls at Qumran: a new synthesis. 
<br/><br/> "The author provides a thorough case for supporting the traditional position in Qumran scholarship, that Qumran was an Essene scribal center in competition with the Jerusalem temple and that the surrounding caves were used regularly for scrolls storage"-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780802866202 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2018060808 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Dead Sea scrolls--History.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Qumran community.<br/>Essenes.<br/>Scribes, Jewish.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Qumran Site (West Bank)
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BM175.Q6 C655 2019  / 13819 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>296.8/15