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| | [[Image:Dead Sea Scrolls.jpg|thumb|Dead Sea Scrolls]] | | [[Image:Dead Sea Scrolls.jpg|thumb|Dead Sea Scrolls]] |
| | The '''Dead Sea Scrolls''' include several of the oldest extant manuscripts of the [[Old Testament]], found in a remarkable modern discovery near the [[Dead Sea]] in [[Israel]]. This discovery proved the accuracy of the copying and preservation of [[Scriptures]] over thousands of years, because the ancient contents of these scrolls are virtually identical to the modern content today. In addition, these scrolls and fragments -- totaling nearly a thousand -- are an important source of information about the [[Holy Land]] in the first century after [[Jesus Christ]]'s ministry on earth. '''''These Dead Sea Scrolls predate prior oldest complete copies of the [[Old Testament]] by a millennium, and yet confirm every detail perfectly, and [[AI]] discovered they are older than previously thought'''''.<ref>[https://nypost.com/2025/06/04/world-news/dead-sea-scrolls-much-older-than-previously-thought-ai-based-study-finds/ "Dead Sea Scrolls much older than previously thought, AI-based study finds" (''NY Post'')]</ref> | | The '''Dead Sea Scrolls''' include several of the oldest extant manuscripts of the [[Old Testament]], found in a remarkable modern discovery near the [[Dead Sea]] in [[Israel]]. This discovery proved the accuracy of the copying and preservation of [[Scriptures]] over thousands of years, because the ancient contents of these scrolls are virtually identical to the modern content today. In addition, these scrolls and fragments -- totaling nearly a thousand -- are an important source of information about the [[Holy Land]] in the first century after [[Jesus Christ]]'s ministry on earth. '''''These Dead Sea Scrolls predate prior oldest complete copies of the [[Old Testament]] by a millennium, and yet confirm every detail perfectly, and [[AI]] discovered they are older than previously thought'''''.<ref>[https://nypost.com/2025/06/04/world-news/dead-sea-scrolls-much-older-than-previously-thought-ai-based-study-finds/ "Dead Sea Scrolls much older than previously thought, AI-based study finds" (''NY Post'')]</ref> |
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| | + | The significance of [[Psalms]] is demonstrated by how the Dead Sea Scrolls contain by far the greatest number of copies of this important book, with 35 copies. A complete copy of the [[Book of Isaiah]] (called the "Great Isaiah Scroll") as discovered in this collection, along with 20 additional near-complete copies, reinforces the importance of the Book of Isaiah also. |
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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: | | 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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| | Many of the scrolls are now conserved in [[Jerusalem]], although some are in the hands of the [[Jordanian]] government. Among those looked after by the Jordanian government is the famous [[Copper scroll]].<ref>Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit, San Diego, Sept 30 2007</ref> | | Many of the scrolls are now conserved in [[Jerusalem]], although some are in the hands of the [[Jordanian]] government. Among those looked after by the Jordanian government is the famous [[Copper scroll]].<ref>Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit, San Diego, Sept 30 2007</ref> |
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| − | Most part of ''the biblical books that have survived two millennia in the caves are extremely fragmented; many are no larger than the size of a postcard, and some fragments are as small as a postage stamp. Even the smallest fragment, however, can add to our knowledge of the Bible.''... ''With the exception of the [[book of Esther]], every book of the Old Testament has been found in the Qumran caves.'' <ref>[http://byubroadcasting.org/deadsea/book/chapter2/sec1.html Old Testament Texts at Qumran]</ref> All told, 230 Biblical manuscripts have been found (of course many are copies of the same books).<ref>http://www.sdnhm.org/scrolls/history.html</ref> | + | Most part of ''the biblical books that have survived two millennia in the caves are extremely fragmented; many are no larger than the size of a postcard, and some fragments are as small as a postage stamp. Even the smallest fragment, however, can add to our knowledge of the Bible.''... ''With the exception of the [[book of Esther]], every book of the Old Testament has been found in the Qumran caves.'' <ref>[http://byubroadcasting.org/deadsea/book/chapter2/sec1.html Old Testament Texts at Qumran]</ref> All told, 230 Biblical manuscripts have been found (of course, many are copies of the same books).<ref>http://www.sdnhm.org/scrolls/history.html</ref> |
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| | Among the many copies of the Bible found were: | | Among the many copies of the Bible found were: |
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| | * Vermes, G., The Dead Sea Scrolls (Penguin, 1968). | | * Vermes, G., The Dead Sea Scrolls (Penguin, 1968). |
| | [[Category:Archaeology]] | | [[Category:Archaeology]] |
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| | [[Category:Biblical Documents]] | | [[Category:Biblical Documents]] |
| | [[category:Dead Sea Scrolls]] | | [[category:Dead Sea Scrolls]] |
| | [[Category:Old Testament]] | | [[Category:Old Testament]] |