4QTest הרקע ההיסטורי של|לאור התגליות הארכיאולוגיות

The archaeological finds that were discovered in the Hasmonean Winter Palace at Jericho may support Starcky's proposal to identify the builder of Jericho in 4QTest and in 4QPssJos with John Hyrcanus I, whose two sons, Antigonus and Aristobulus I, died within one year (130 B. C. E.). This interpretation may suggest that the four passages in 4QTest deal with John Hyrcanus I. In the author's opinion the interpretation of Joshua 6:26 in 4QPssJos was quoted from 4QTest, and not vice versa.