Endnote 39 – Was It an Essene Settlement?

This trade is described by G. van Beek, “Frankincense and Myrrh,” BA 2 (1964), pp. 99–126. See also J. Innes Miller, The Spice Trade of the Roman Empire, 29 B.C.–A.D. 641 (Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 1969), pp. 102–105.