Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Maonero pakati pevadzidzi, anenge akachengetedzwa kusvika kuma1990, ndiyo "Qumran<unk>Essene" hypothesis yakatanga kufungidzirwa naRoland Guérin de Vaux naJózef Tadeusz Milik, kunyange zvazvo vakazvimiririra vose Eliezer Sukenik naButrus Sowmy veSt Mark's Monastery vakabatana nemipumburu nemaEssene kare kare chero kucherwa kuQumran. Pfungwa yeQumran<unk>Essene inoti mipumburu yacho yakanyorwa nevaEssene, kana kuti nerimwe boka rechitendero rechiJudha, raigara kuKhirbet Qumran. Vakanyora mipumburu yacho ndokuzoiviga mumapako aiva pedyo munguva yeMukira yechiJudha
pane imwe nguva pakati pa66 na68 C.E. Nzvimbo yeQumran yakaparadzwa uye mipumburu yacho haina kuzombowanikwazve.