You are hereHomeBARSeptember/October 1994Was It an Essene Settlement? The Temple Scroll (11QT 53.16, 54.5) rules as to when a husband or father can cancel a womans oath and when it may remain in force. Similar ordinances appear in the Damascus Rule (CD 14.1012). Join the BAS Library! Already a library member? Log in here. Institution user? Log in with your IP address.