A new analysis published in The Times of Israel proposes that the Dead Sea Scrolls sect intentionally used a 364-day calendar that fell out of sync with the lunar cycle for ideological reasons, and abandoned it when it felt safe to do so.
The theory, reported by The Times of Israel, suggests that the Qumran community's calendar, a long-standing puzzle in Dead Sea Scrolls research, was not a mistake but a deliberate ideological choice. According to the analysis, the sect kept the 364-day calendar as a symbol of their distinct identity until political and religious conditions allowed them to align with the mainstream lunar calendar. The article links the calendar shift to an ancient political feud, offering a new explanation for one of the scrolls' enduring mysteries.
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