(855) 4-ESSAYS

Type a new keyword(s) and press Enter to search

Dead Sea Scrolls

            
            
             On the left bank of the Dead Sea are the limestone caves carved out of cliffs along the valleys that descend through the Judean wilds. These caves have been a source of much controversy and interest for the past many decades as they were the bearers of a timeless archaeological treasure the Dead Sea Scrolls. This initiated an in-depth study of the phenomenon and many new and interesting discoveries were made over the years. .
             This paper is highly beneficial for the class of "Hebrew Scriptures" because it discusses the history of the scrolls and briefly analyzes the few that found at Qumran. It also gives insight into the present development and mysteries surrounding the scrolls raising the interest level of the student in the archaeological find. .
             The first discovery.
             The first discovery of the scrolls was made in the spring of 1947 when young Bedouin shepherds, searching for a lost goat in the cliffs along the Dead Sea in Judean Desert, went into a cave that had never been visited before by anyone and found jars filled with ancient scrolls. These jars discovered by the Bedouin had seven scrolls, which they sold to a cobbler and antiquities dealer called Kando. Kando did not keep them with himself, as they were useless for him so he sold three of them to Eleazar L. Sukenik of Hebrew University, and four to Metropolitan Mar Athanasius Yeshue Samuel of the Syrian Orthodox monastery of St. Mark. The four with Mar Athanasius further traveled as he brought them to the American School of Oriental Research. Here they successfully gained the undivided attention of American and European scholars and thus initiated a search for others that went one for at least ten years. This further search bore fruit as well and thousands of scroll fragments from eleven other caves between 1948 and 1956. .
             The Qumran Ruin and the time period of the scrolls.
            


Essays Related to Dead Sea Scrolls

1. Qumran, The Essenes And The Dead Sea Scrolls

... as they knew it. A further point, which is only a notion of the writer and certainly only conjecture, will be that because the Dead Sea Scrolls are the oldest known copies of Jewish scripture in existence, that the study of the community who lived at Qumran may provide us with further evidence in ... to have the words of the Bible exist in a state able to be translated by scholars as living proof of our faith and our history. The Dead Sea scrolls found at Qumran ring out absolute proof of the prophesy in the Old Testament to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Mohammed Dib, the Bedouin...

  • Word Count: 5563
  • Approx Pages: 22
  • Has Bibliography
  • Grade Level: High School

2. Judaism, the Qumran Library and the High Priest

... Otto Michel, Yigael Yadin, David Flusser, Jean Danielou, Ceslas Spicq, and Hans Kosmala – were proposing numerous similarities of thought between the Dead Sea Scrolls and Hebrews, some even identifying the recipients of the epistles as Essenes.22 Mason goes on to say that 'Yadin for example, in 1957 boldly ... called the Dead Sea Scrolls sect "the missing link" for understanding the issues addressed in Hebrews, proposing that the recipients were Christian converts who had left ... in his words: They came under criticism by F. F. Bruce and Herbert Braun, both of whom questioned th...

  • Word Count: 3309
  • Approx Pages: 13
  • Has Bibliography

3. The Truth Behind the Myths

... is The Holy Grail. His other artwork is said to contain many more hidden meanings, which I plan on researching in my own time. The book goes into depth about the Dead Sea scrolls and the deception the Church has had on past history. As I said before, the Holy Grail is a woman. In the painting The Last Supper there are 12 wine glasses not ... Jesus was married to Mary. It was forbidden for a Jewish man to be unmarried at that time, so it only makes sense that he had a wife. The Nag Hammadi and Dead Sea scrolls explain everything. That is why the church has tried to suppress them for so l...

  • Word Count: 1099
  • Approx Pages: 4
  • Grade Level: High School

4. Archeology

... a reporter named Melymuka. According to an archaeologist, Ostling, one of the biggest stories in archaeology at the time is the Dead Sea Scrolls. Archaeologists found scrolls that have ties to the bible and seem to be important. Archaeologists find this interesting because they take the scrolls and cleaned them off then they scanned them into the computer and with a special computer program that has a generated ... text program, and with the scrolls being scanned in the computer, they can run searches on it and the computer will fill in the missing words so they can tell what they say. ...

  • Word Count: 669
  • Approx Pages: 3

5. The Broighter Horde and the Broighter Boat

... buried with the dead person in order to facilitate one's enjoyment of the afterlife, has provided a cache of artifacts that contributes to understanding this Celtic civilization. La Tène style can be described as "a highly [stylized] curvilinear art based mainly on classical vegetable and foliage motifs such as leafy palmette forms, vines, tendrils and lotus flowers together with spirals, S-scrolls, lyre and ... decorated with lavish designs or engravings. The artisan chose to find beauty in simplicity and attention to the fine details of the sea-going vessels of the day. The boat sugg...

  • Word Count: 1844
  • Approx Pages: 7
  • Has Bibliography

6. Women in Ancient Biblical Times

... historical chronology. It is nearly impossible to accurately posit a specific date to any books or verses in the Hebrew Bible.1 The Dead Sea Scrolls, most probably written by a minor sect, the Essenes, are the oldest extant pieces of scripture. Prior to their discovery at Qumran near the ... Dead Sea in the 1940's, our oldest Hebrew scriptures are only one thousand years old. Yet invoking the Biblical text has been done to justify ... these represent Yahweh and his consort, Asherah. All Near Eastern goddesses, including Asherah, were given titles such as queen of heaven, and goddess of...

  • Word Count: 2927
  • Approx Pages: 12
  • Grade Level: High School

7. Canonization

... that we have a copy that is very close to that of the original (at least what is proved to be sacred enough to not get thrown away). b. Dead Sea Scrolls Important information about bible These scrolls prove the accuracy of the transmition of the Bible, but have other books to which didn't pass canonization. c. His Word Your predecessors have inserted in the scriptures of ... ...

  • Word Count: 549
  • Approx Pages: 2
  • Grade Level: High School

8. Evidence Of The Resurrection Of Jesus

... various Roman writings by Flavius Josephus and Pliny, Governor of Bithynia (Poole, 1990). There is also archaeological evidence from many sources such as the tablets unearthed from Edla/ Northern Syria, Dead Sea Scrolls, etc. that do not contradict the Biblical accounts (McDowell, 1990). Lets now look at the actual events alleged to have occurred during the resurrection itself. The details of the crucifixion ... by Roman scholars and modern researchers, in a way that emphasizes maximum suffering and minimum chance of survival (McDowell, 1990). A Roman soldier (Mark 15:44, 45) told Pilat...

  • Word Count: 1033
  • Approx Pages: 4
  • Has Bibliography
  • Grade Level: High School

9. Divine Command Theory

... what the will of God is? Well, that depends on what religious text you follow. Is God's will correctly stated in the Bible or the Koran? The Dead Sea Scrolls or the Egyptian Book of the Dead? That is a serious dilemma in determining God's (or the gods") will. Even though I might follow the Bible and practice its" teachings, I might still find it hard to ... ...

  • Word Count: 1352
  • Approx Pages: 5
  • Grade Level: High School

Got a writing question? Ask our professional writer!
Submit My Question