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ANTHROPOLOGY
This file contains a list of the dead sea scrolls and the indices I have attached to each for the purpose of sorting the texts. Inventory of Dead Sea Scrolls.pdf This file contains the results of the sorting procedure listing the multiple texts in alphabetical order. |
The H. Michael Fried The Dead Sea Scrolls - A Statistical Analysis.pdf
ABSTRACT The present work offers a statistical analysis of the complete catalogue of texts found in the caves at Qumran, with particular emphasis on the distribution of titles (as representing distinct literary works) and the number of multiple copies in which each appears. Additionally, attention is focused on the distribution of languages and scripts in which these texts are written. The analytical approach is quantitative in character, differing from research that focuses on the content of the texts; being more closely related in spirit to paleographic studies. The fundamental conclusion detailed below is that the statistical structure of the complete catalogue can best be understood as having been formed from a combination of approximately 40 independent text units, where each text unit prior to being incorporated into the catalogue functioned independently as the literary repository for a traditional social unit within the Judean society of the time. |
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