Dead Sea Scrolls Come to Life on the Web

[vienna]

One of the better uses of modern digital technology:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-20...fe-on-the-web/

I wonder if any new findings will be made now that many more eyes can see the treasures clearly...

[MothBalls]

Originally Posted by vienna

One of the better uses of modern digital technology:

Better than porn?

Originally Posted by vienna

I wonder if any new findings will be made now that many more eyes can see the treasures clearly...

Never know.... but just being able to see them in this level of detail. I would hope soon all of the worlds treasures would be available for all to see, a good use of modern digital tech.

[vienna]

Better than porn?

Well, I did say it was one of the better uses...

[mapuc]

if it is ones own desire, one can read it as it was porn. you just put lots of imaginations into it.

Markus

I wonder if any new findings will be made now that many more eyes can see the treasures clearly...

Should be interesting, over 2500 differences from the masoretic text in just one scroll covering just one book of the bible.
That should keep bible scholars busy for a few centuries.

[Sailor Steve]

Fascinating. Only seven, though? For whatever reason I always thought there were more.

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by Tribesman

Should be interesting, over 2500 differences from the masoretic text in just one scroll covering just one book of the bible.

There was a few things they had to cut before publication.

Fascinating. Only seven, though? For whatever reason I always thought there were more.

There were, lots and lots.
"Original seven dead sea scrolls"
The first seven scrolls recovered from the first of the caves explored.

[Sailor Steve]

Okay, thanks.

[kiwi_2005]

http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/sacre...eascrolls.html

What are the Dead Sea Scrolls?

The Dead Sea Scrolls are a collection of 800-900 documents, many containing ancient Biblical texts. Some are in tantalising fragments (there are over 50,000 individual pieces in all). Others are substantial and complete, the longest scroll being eight metres long.

They were written over a period of around 200 years, and were evidently placed in the caves to hide them from the advancing Roman army at the time of the First Jewish Revolt, and hence no later than 68AD. Carbon dating puts the earliest of them at about 150BC. They may have been written out by the scribes of an ancient community living at Qumran, near the caves where they were found. However, their origins are the subject of much scholarly debate, and there are many different theories. What is clear is that the authors were Jewish, and disapproved of the Jerusalem priesthood of the time.
The dry climate on the shores of the Dead Sea, parts of which today are 400m below sea level - the lowest place on earth a human can walk - helped preserve the ancient documents.

In contrast to the Christian Bible, which survives in many manuscripts dating back to the fourth century, the oldest known source for the Hebrew Bible before the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls was only a thousand years old. They are therefore the earliest surviving sources we have for the Hebrew Bible by almost a thousand years.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Clicking on the photo of the scroll itself zooms in so that you can not only read the words but also feel the texture and age of the parchments themselves.

Really?

With a photo?

[Cybermat47]

Originally Posted by mapuc

if it is ones own desire, one can read it as it was porn. you just put lots of imaginations into it.

Markus

This is true.

[Jimbuna]

Your responding to a post in excess of two years old.

[Fubar2Niner]

It took that long to read em Jim

[Cybermat47]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Your responding to a post in excess of two years old.

GAAAHH! The Necromancers strike again!

Reading the dates, what's that?!