Dead Sea Scrolls/Essenes People
In 1947 two Bedouin shepherds in search of a sheep lost from the herd came across large pottery jars inside the caves along the Dead Sea. Inside the large jars were ancient scrolls dating from 150 b.c.e. to 70 a.c.e. which is within the time of Jesus. During the next nine years scholars found more than 15,000 fragments of manuscripts and an estimated 870 separate scrolls.The scrolls were written with a carbon-based ink mostly on animal skins and papyrus although one was written on copper. The copper scroll is more of a treasure map than any sort of scriptural testament. The copper scroll lists more than sixty hiding places throughout Israel that are supposed to contain silver, gold and other manuscripts. The scrolls later deemed the Dead Sea Scrolls contain prophecies by Jeremiah, Daniel and Ezekiel that are not found in the Bible; nineteen copies of the Book of Isaiah, twenty five copies of Deuteronomy and thirty copies of Psalms. Furthermore, every book of the Old Testament with the exception of Esther is found within the Scrolls. To date the Dead Sea Scrolls are the oldest known copies of the Old Testament ever found. The Dead Sea Scrolls are considered both Biblical and non-Biblical. The non-Biblical portions cons
The things that are said to have been said by Jesus that are in the Bible, are considered to be what Jesus would have said as opposed to what he really did say. There was actually a book put out that came from the scrolls, and it was called “The Real Sayings and Beliefs of the Living Jesus.” The scrolls are like diary’s written by the apostles, disciples and prophets and that is the neatest part about them, is that they weren’t exactly written to be just like the Bible except for the actual Biblical parts, but these were foretold prophecies and scriptures written in order to further the Essenes people who were extremely intelligent, honorable and mysterious in their ways. The Essenes people believed heavily in the idea of a doctrine of “last things.” Essenes men actually headed for the desert in order to prepare for the pending judgment of their enemies. Like most Christians who believe in the concept of Armageddon and the End of Days, the Essenes believed that God’s elect would end up in Heaven due to their honorable earthly deeds and based upon their predications as made by the prophets of their people while those who were not righteous as they were would surely be cast from paradise and sent to hell for all eternity. The only clause to the beliefs and rules of the Essenes people was that they only ever made one oath which is the one made when becoming a member where they promise not to ever reveal the secrets of the religion, beyond that they did not believe in making oaths of any sort. One of the main reasons that the scrolls hold so much relevance in Christianity today is the message that they convey. In many ways the message closely resembles that of the Bible, while on the other hand certain scriptures tend to make it seem as though Christianity itself isn’t all that special. This message is not exactly negative; it just says that certain aspects of Christianity are not what we hold them to be. ist of wisdom writings, laws of the community and war conduct; whereas the Biblical portions offer different interpretations of the Old Testament, new scripture and psalms written by King David and Joshua never before seen. This gets cleared up because Jesus actually lived within the time of the scrolls and is mentioned from time to time within them. Furthermore it is believed that he played a role in writing some of the scriptures, although that is still being debated, certain scholars do believe that Jesus took part in writing some of the scrolls. If this is true then the scrolls contain the actual saying of Jesus our messiah, whereas what is in the Bible is considered to be somewhat untrue.
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