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| − | ''Scholars have pointed to similarities between beliefs and practices outlined in the Qumran literature and those of early Christians.'' | + | ''Scholars have pointed to similarities between beliefs and practices outlined in the Qumran literature and those of early Christians.'' <ref> [http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/scrolls/juda.html JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY AND THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS] Library of Congress Exhibitions. </ref> The Biblical Scrolls' contents focus the books from the Old Testament. The Scrolls are written in Hebrew and in Aramaica and a few texts in Greek. Many of the scrolls are now conserved in Jerusalem. |
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In 1947, Bedouin shepherds, entered a cave in the desert and found jars filled with ancient scrolls. Thousands of scroll fragments from eleven caves have been found since that day. Archaeologists also excavated the Qumran ruin, a complex of structures that might identify the people who deposited the scrolls.
Within a fairly short time after their discovery, historical, paleographic, and linguistic evidence, as well as carbon-14 dating, established that the scrolls and the Qumran ruin dated from the third century B.C.E. to 68 C.E. They were indeed ancient! Coming from the late Second Temple Period, a time when Jesus of Nazareth lived, they are older than any other surviving manuscripts of the Hebrew Scriptures by almost one thousand years. [1]
Scholars have pointed to similarities between beliefs and practices outlined in the Qumran literature and those of early Christians. [2] The Biblical Scrolls' contents focus the books from the Old Testament. The Scrolls are written in Hebrew and in Aramaica and a few texts in Greek. Many of the scrolls are now conserved in Jerusalem.
See also
External links
References
- ↑ THE WORLD OF THE SCROLLS Library of Congress Exhibitions.
- ↑ JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY AND THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS Library of Congress Exhibitions.
Sources
- Burrows, M., The Dead Sea Scrolls (Secker & Warburg, 1956).
- Vermes, G., The Dead Sea Scrolls (Penguin, 1968).