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Qumran Community is a category for books focused on the Jewish sect associated with the site of Qumran by the Dead Sea in the late Second Temple period, commonly (though not universally) identified with the Essenes and linked to the Dead Sea Scrolls. Titles here include introductions to the scrolls and the site; translations and commentaries on sectarian writings such as the Community Rule, Damascus Document, War Scroll, pesharim, hymns, and legal texts; and studies of the community’s beliefs, law, liturgy, calendar, purity practices, and apocalyptic expectations. The category also features archaeological and historical analyses of Qumran and its environs, research on the production and transmission of the scrolls, and debates about the community’s identity, organization, and chronology. Works range from accessible overviews to technical monographs, edited collections, and reference volumes, often situating Qumran within the broader context of Second Temple Judaism and early Christianity.

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