Research Paper On Dead Sea Scrolls
One of the most interesting and important finds in biblical history would be the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls. The Dead Sea Scroll were found by young Bedouin goat herders in January of 1947. While searching for stray goats along the cliff caves of the Dead Sea the Bedouin herders stumbled upon one of the caves. In this cave they found pottery jars with the first seven manuscripts of the Dead Sea Scrolls. The discovery of these manuscripts are thousands of years older than the oldest version of the Hebrew texts of the bible. They are believed to be written by the Essenes during the period from about 200 B.C to 68 A.D. Between 1947 and 1956 ten more caves were found to have manuscript of the bible in them, for a total of eleven
caves. In the first cave (“cave one”) were the first seven original scrolls were found. The scrolls contained a copy of the entire prophecy of Isaiah the oldest copy of an Old Testament book, plus another scroll of Isaiah. First two chapters of Habakkuk, the “Thanksgiving Hymns,” and an Aramaic paraphrase of the book of Genesis were also found in the cave. The seven original scrolls were not the only ones found. Over thousands of fragments and six hundred scrolls were found in the eleven caves of the Qumran area. One of the most inserting artifacts found in the caves was the copper scroll which had to be cut into strips to be opened. The scroll contained sixty treasures located in Judea which has never been found. Whoever the people were who wrote the scrolls gave us a unique background of what happened in the world before Christ. The scrolls contained fragments of every book in the Old Testament canon except the book of Esther. Nineteen copies of the book of Isiah, twenty-five copies of the book of Deuteronomy and thirty copies of Psalms were also found and identified among the scrolls. All of these scrolls provide a great amount of information on the times leading up to Christ. Important aspects of the Dead Sea Scrolls are the number of Biblical manuscripts that have been discovered. The Dead Sea Scrolls give us more knowledge both with Judaism and Christianity. They provide information for new testament scholars, that may lead to Jesus’s movements. The scrolls show how Christianity can be rooted to Judaism and been called the “evolutionary link between the two.” Still in today’s time the Dead Sea Scrolls are one of the most important historical finds in biblical history.
caves. In the first cave (“cave one”) were the first seven original scrolls were found. The scrolls contained a copy of the entire prophecy of Isaiah the oldest copy of an Old Testament book, plus another scroll of Isaiah. First two chapters of Habakkuk, the “Thanksgiving Hymns,” and an Aramaic paraphrase of the book of Genesis were also found in the cave. The seven original scrolls were not the only ones found. Over thousands of fragments and six hundred scrolls were found in the eleven caves of the Qumran area. One of the most inserting artifacts found in the caves was the copper scroll which had to be cut into strips to be opened. The scroll contained sixty treasures located in Judea which has never been found. Whoever the people were who wrote the scrolls gave us a unique background of what happened in the world before Christ. The scrolls contained fragments of every book in the Old Testament canon except the book of Esther. Nineteen copies of the book of Isiah, twenty-five copies of the book of Deuteronomy and thirty copies of Psalms were also found and identified among the scrolls. All of these scrolls provide a great amount of information on the times leading up to Christ. Important aspects of the Dead Sea Scrolls are the number of Biblical manuscripts that have been discovered. The Dead Sea Scrolls give us more knowledge both with Judaism and Christianity. They provide information for new testament scholars, that may lead to Jesus’s movements. The scrolls show how Christianity can be rooted to Judaism and been called the “evolutionary link between the two.” Still in today’s time the Dead Sea Scrolls are one of the most important historical finds in biblical history.