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Women at Qumran? This question was a nonissue during the first 50 years since the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in 1947, but it has come to be taken seriously during the last quarter of a century.

Join American Friends of the Hebrew University and the Taubman Symposia in Jewish Studies at University of California, Santa Barbara as Hebrew University of Jerusalem Professor Esther Chazon will discuss old and new perspectives, the revolution in Scrolls’ studies beginning in the 1990s, the Hebrew University’s key role, and the current state of the question and of Qumran studies, including the latest data and state of the art digital tools.

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