Reassessing the Judean Desert Caves: Libraries, Archives, 'Genizas' and Hiding Places

The article reports the Judean Desert Caves and the scroll collections, ceramics and fabrics found in each of the caves. It is suggested that the manuscripts found in Khirbet Qumran was also the same as those found in Qumran cave 1 because of the existence of jars that were also found in Qumran cave 1. The discovery of such scrolls in other Judean Desert caves led the researchers to believe that these were also from Qumran cave 1.