Qumran Cave 11Q was discovered by Bedouin in 1956. In the cave remains of around 30 Dead Sea
Scrolls were found a few of them in very good state of preservation (the Temple Scroll the
Psalm Scroll the Paleo Leviticus Scroll and the Targum Job Scroll). The cave was excavated by
Roland de Vaux (École Biblique et Archéologique Française Jerusalem) and Gerald L. Harding
(Department of Antiquities of Jordan) in 1956 later by Joseph Patrich (University of Haifa) in
1988 and by Marcello Fidanzio and Dan Bahat (ISCAB FTL and Università della Svizzera Italiana)
in 2017. Due to Roland de Vaux's premature death the archaeology of Cave 11Q has never been
published. This volume presents the final report on the 1956 1988 and 2017 excavations at Cave
11Q. Next to discussing the physical characteristics and stratigraphy of the cave and offering
a full analysis of non-textual finds the volume for the first time presents many tiny
manuscript fragments found in storerooms during recent work. These fragments most of which
were collected during 1956 excavation have not been known until now. The volume therefore
offers the final report of Cave 11Q excavations as well as the editio princeps of the new
fragments followed by a reevaluation of the entire set of texts found in this famous cave.
