Why so many Dead Sea Scrolls were found in Qumran

[guy]

An interesting theory now explains the deposit of so many fragments of writing in Qumran, near the Dead Sea. A medieval document suggests that Qumran served as an annual meeting place for the Essenes.

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“The nearby archaeological site of Qumran itself also presents similar mysteries. For instance, why was its pantry so well-stocked, with more than a thousand pottery storage vessels and hundreds of bowls, plates and cups — but excavations show very few people ever lived there? What was the purpose of a large open-air terrace called the "southern esplanade" in Qumran, and why is it walled off from a nearby cemetery? And why were Qumran's many ritual baths, or "miqva'ot,"so large?”

”Now, research suggests Qumran was in fact the site of a huge annual ceremony of the mystical Jewish sect of the Essenes, in which its members gathered from cities and rural communities all over Israel to observe a key ritual known as the Covenant of Renewal”

“The idea that the Essenes gathered at Qumran once a year might also explain the location of the scrolls, as the sect members may have left their religious writings there in the caves that they slept in, Vainstub wrote.“

 

 

https://www.livescience.com/medieval-damascus-document-dead-sea-scroll-mystery

Edited February 2 by guy