Qumran Logistics:

 

Qumran is a national park.

 

Telephone: 02-9942235

Nature Reserves and National Parks (Main office: 02/500-5444)

 

Opening hours:

 

April 1 through September 30, from 8.00 - 17.00. (Entrance until 16.00)*

October 1 through March 31, from 8.00 - 16.00. (Entrance until 15.00)*

The closing hours are sometimes informally extended. Check with the restaurant: 02-9943317.

 

*On Fridays and the eves of Jewish holidays, the sites close one hour earlier. For example, on a Friday in March one must enter by 14.00 and leave by 15.00.

 

Qumran: Introduction

Essenes

Scrolls and Bible

Qumran site

Josephus and Apocalypse

Qumran Logistics 

 

© 2003 Near East Tourist Agency (NET)

Text © 2003 Stephen Langfur

 

Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE(r),
  (c) Copyright 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by
  The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. (www.Lockman.org)

 

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