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→‎Insights Gained: the Book of Tobit was considered to be canonical (completely authoritative) by the Essenes community at Qumran, in contrast with those who consider it to be Apocrypha.
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→‎Insights Gained: the Septuagint was more accurate than previously thought, as it was carefully based on previously unknown Hebrew manuscripts.
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→‎Insights Gained: the Book of Sirach was found, in multiple fragments, in the Dead Sea Scrolls
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These Dead Sea Scrolls predate by a millennium other complete copies of the Old Testament
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The Dead Sea Scrolls reinforce the authenticity of the Epistle to the Hebrews, as both relied on the Septuagint rather than the Masoretic Text: "Some of the Dead Sea Scrolls actually have more in common ..." - Biblical Archeology Soc'y
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Insights gained from analyzing the Dead Sea Scrolls include (list of 4 so far)
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The Ruth 3:15 controversy about whether a Hebrew pronoun refers to the man or the woman in the story remains unresolved by the Dead Sea Scrolls, which do not contain this particular book while containing every other one except the
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July 9, 2025
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Fragments of the Book of Jeremiah found in the Dead Sea Scrolls line up better with the shorter version found in the Septuagint and Bibles used in Eastern Orthodox Christianity, as opposed to the longer version in the Masoratic Text that is ty
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Aschlafly moved page Dead Sea scrolls to Dead Sea Scrolls: go with the capital "S"
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→‎Insight as to conflicting manuscripts: The Dead Sea Scrolls contain the Hebrew for "pierced" as a full prophecy of the Crucifixion of Jesus.
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{{bibleref|Psalms|22|16}} (ESV) is translated differently from different manuscripts as to the prophecy of "pierced": "they have pierced my hands and feet"
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May 30, 2025
The Dead Sea Scrolls demonstrate that there was a greater diversity of beliefs among Jewish people at the time than previously realized. The Essenes had views quite different from the Judeans, and Samaritan influence is reflected in some of th
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These Dead Sea Scrolls predate prior oldest complete copies of the Old Testament by a millennium, and yet confirm every detail perfectly
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May 29, 2025
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The height of Goliath and other aspects of the Old Testament are understood differently based on the Dead Sea Scrolls
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December 31, 2022
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A surprising amount of Greek in the Dead Sea Scrolls suggests that it was more commonly used by Jesus and his Apostles than previously thought.
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The lack of any New Testament texts in the Dead Sea scrolls implies a more Gentile origin to Christianity.
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aramaic
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