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Israel to Display the Dead Sea Scrolls on the Internet
hillsbororiver:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/27/world/middleeast/27scrolls.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
carol v:
It is absolutely amazing that the Dead Sea Scrolls have survived at all -- a miracle!
The two young boys that found them had no clue what they were and their mom used some of them for kindling.
I've seen pictures of the first scholars researching them and the scrolls are just laid on a bunch of tables in a huge room. Lots of sunlight is coming through the windows. The people reading the scrolls are leaning on them on their elbows smoking cigarettes and drinking coffee.
Now, of course, they are climate-controlled, in glass, in the dark, and everything else necessary to preserve.
hillsbororiver:
Hi Carol,
I certainly agree that it was a miracle, perhaps a miracle saved for the end times? Could it be part of the "knowledge shall be increased" in Daniel 12:4?
Having these early manuscripts available to everyone with access to the Internet will be interesting to say the least!
Peace,
Joe
carol v:
Interesting Joe -- the Dead Sea Scrolls and the internet both seem to apply to that scripture in Daniel. And we should DEFINITELY give a nod to esword!
I look very forward to seeing what the scrolls look like although I'm sure I won't be able to understand a single word -- or even a letter for that matter.
cherokee:
--- Quote ---I look very forward to seeing what the scrolls look like although I'm sure I won't be able to understand a single word -- or even a letter for that matter.
--- End quote ---
Same here Carol.
Thanks Joe for posting this and letting us know about it.
Suzie
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