Hanan Eshel

Biographic Data

ID991004
NAMEHanan Eshel
GIVEN NAMESHanan
FAMILY NAMEEshel
SIGNATUREESHEL H
AFFILIATIONSBar-Ilan University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS18
TOTAL CITATIONS2
AUTHOR COUNT17
EDITOR COUNT1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1999
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2015
H-INDEX1

  • Exploring the Dead Sea Scrolls: Archaeology and Literature of the Qumran Caves

    Hanan Eshel, Barnea Levi Selavan et al.BOOKExploring the Dead Sea Scrolls2015

  • Exploring the Dead Sea Scrolls: Archaeology and literature of the Qumran Caves

    Hanan EshelBOOKExploring the Dead Sea Scrolls2015

    The eighteen essays in this collection were chosen by Prof. Hanan Eshel (1958-2010) shortly before his untimely death, to serve as a legacy of his rich contributions to Dead Sea Scrolls scholarship, particularly in the integration of archaeological and textual analysis. The Qumran texts that stand at the center of these articles are correlated with archaeological and geographic information and with a variety of textual sources in cluding epigraph…

  • Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls: The contention of twelve theories

    Magen Broshi, Hanan EshelCHAPTERReligion and society in Roman…2010

  • Halakhah in Light of Epigraphy

    Albert Baumgarten, Hanan Eshel et al.BOOKHalakhah in Light of Epigraphy2010

  • Publius Quinctilius Varus in Jewish Sources

    Hanan EshelARTICLEJournal of Jewish Studies2008

    Varus was the Roman governor of Syria between 7 and 4 BCE. After Herod's death in 4 BCE, Varus ruthlessly suppressed the riots that broke out in Judaea, during which Roman soldiers razed the porticos of the temple in Jerusalem. These events are described in detail in Josephus' writing, and are mentioned in the pseudoepigraphical work the Assumption of Moses and in the rabbinic chronicle work Seder 'Olam Rabbah . Between 6 and 9 CE Varus was the l…

  • Late Quaternary environmental and human Events at En Gedi, reflected by the geology and archaeology of the Moringa Cave (Dead Sea area, Israel)

    Open AccessSorin Lisker, Roi Porat et al.ARTICLEQuaternary Research2007

    The Moringa Cave within Pleistocene sediments in the En Gedi area of the Dead Sea Fault Escarpment contains a sequence of various Pleistocene lacustrine deposits associated with higher-than-today lake levels at the Dead Sea basin. In addition it contains Chalcolithic remains and 5th century BC burials attributed to the Persian period, cemented and covered by Late Holocene travertine flowstone. These deposits represent a chain of Late Pleistocene …

  • Biblical Traditions in Transmission: Essays in Honour of Michael A. Knibb

    Hanan EshelARTICLEJournal for the Study of Judaism2007

  • Finds from the Bar Kokhba Revolt from Two Caves at En Gedi

    Roi Porat, Hanan Eshel et al.ARTICLEPalestine Exploration Quarterly2007Cited by: 1

    Finds from two caves that were excavated in Ein Gedi in 2002 are described. Eleven bronze coins of the Bar-Kokhba Revolt, twelve arrowheads and fragments of two papyrus documents were recovered in the Har Yishay Cave, located along the northern slopes of Nahal David. A hoard of nine silver coins, including a Bar-Kokhba tetradrachm, were found in the Sabar Cave. This is the second Bar-Kokhba tetradrachm to have been found in the context of a scien…

  • Another Fragment of SdeirGenesis

    Yosi Baruchi, Hanan EshelARTICLEJournal of Jewish Studies2006

  • Three seasons of excavations at Qumran

    Open AccessMagen Broshi, Hanan EshelARTICLEJournal of Roman Archaeology2004References: 3

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  • A Second Fragment of XJudges

    Hanan EshelARTICLEJournal of Jewish Studies2003

  • Qumran Studies in Light of Archeological Excavations Between 1967 and 1997

    Open AccessHanan EshelARTICLEJournal of Religious History2002

  • Pottery of Qumran and Ein Ghuweir: The First Chemical Exploration of Provenience

    Joseph Yellin, Magan Broshi et al.ARTICLEBulletin of the American Schools…2001

    Pottery from Qumran and Ein Ghuweir was analyzed by instrumental neutron activation analysis to establish the provenience of the pottery. The goal of the analysis was to illuminate the interactions among these two religious communities, Qumran and Ein Ghuweir (both located on the shores of the Dead Sea and thought by most scholars to be Essene communities), and the rest of the world. The analytical results show that some of the pottery from both …

  • Q348, 4Q343 and 4Q345: Three Economic Documents from Qumran Cave 4

    Hanan EshelARTICLEJournal of Jewish Studies2001

    Cet article tente de faire avancer la question concernant le lieu exact de decouverte des documents economiques de la Collection Seiyal, en proposant des suggestions exegetiques. Il conclut en soulignant l'importance de faire des analogies d'un document a un autre lorsqu'on etablit l'origine des textes

  • Khirbet Yattir: A note on the church in area D

    Open AccessHanan Eshel, Jodi Magne et al.ARTICLEJournal of Roman Archaeology2000

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  • Daily Life at Qumran

    Magen Broshi, Hanan Eshel et al.ARTICLENear Eastern Archaeology2000

  • Interim report on Khirbet Yattir in Judea: A mosque and a monastic church

    Open AccessHanan Eshel, Jodi Magne et al.ARTICLEJournal of Roman Archaeology1999Cited by: 1

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  • Qumran and the Essenes: A Re-Evaluation of the Evidence

    Hanan Eshel, Lena CansdaleARTICLEThe Jewish Quarterly Review1999