The Dead Sea Scrolls and why they matter
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Found accidentally by a Bedouin searching for stray animals in early 1947 (though it may have been earlier), Cave 1 contained the best-preserved scrolls, which had been protected by tall clay jars with lids. The notable scrolls discovered here included two copies of the Book of Isaiah, the War Scroll, which describes an expected apocalyptic battle between the Children of Light and the Children of Darkness, and the Rule of the Community, which contains the rules of the sect thought to have composed many of the Scrolls.
Contents found in Cave 1:
1Q1: Genesis | |
1Q2: Exodus | |
1Q3: Paleo-Leviticus | |
1Q4: Deuteronomy | |
1Q5: Deuteronomy | |
1Q6: Judges | |
1Q7: Samuel | |
1Q8: Isaiah | |
1Q9: Ezekial | |
1Q10: Psalms | |
1Q11: Psalms | |
1Q12: Psalms | |
1Q13: Phylactery | |
1Q14: Pesher Micah | |
1Q15: Pesher Zephaniah | |
1Q16: Pesher Psalms | |
1Q17: Jubliees | |
1Q18: Jubilees | |
1Q19: Noah | |
1Q20: Genesis Apocryphon | |
1Q21: Levi (Aramaic) | |
1Q22: Moses | |
1Q23: Enoch | |
1Q24: Enoch | |
1Q25: Apocryphal Prophecy | |
1Q26: Wisdom Apocryphon | |
1Q27: Mysteries | |
1Q28: Community Rule | |
1Q28: Congregation Rule | |
1Q28: Rule of the Blessings | |
1Q29: Liturgy of 3 Tongues of Fire | |
1Q30: liturgical text | |
1Q31: liturgical text | |
1Q32: New Jerusalem | |
1Q33: War Scroll | |
1Q34: liturgical prayers | |
1QH: Hodayot | |
1Q35: Hodayot | |
1Q36: hymns? | |
1Q37: hymns? | |
1Q38: hymns? | |
1Q39: hymns? | |
1Q40: hymns? | |
1Q41-70: unclassified | |
1Q71: Daniel | |
1Q72: Daniel |
Vermes, Geza. The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English. New York: Penguin Press, 1997.
Schiffman, Lawrence and VanderKam, James. The Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Vol. 2. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.
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2 Peter 1: 21
For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
How do you actually get to read these scrolls??
Cave 1-Where is the scrole of MatithYahu and it’s script? Why hasen’t it beenrevealed? Such an important document must be revealed wholly and completely in both original and other forms.Bar would be the very best place to review Matthew and all of its characteristics and publisher Both in Hebrew And in a good translation