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In “ Searching for the ‘Original’ Bible ” in the July/August 2014 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review, Hebrew University of Jerusalem scholar and long-time editor-in-chief of the Dead Sea Scrolls publication team Emanuel Tov suggests we turn to the Dead Sea Scrolls to help us compare the Masoretic Text and the Septuagint.
The Dead Sea Scrolls are considered by many to be the most significant archaeological find of the 20th century. From 1947 to 1956, thousands of scroll fragments were uncovered from the caves near Qumran, located on the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea. Over the following decades, teams of scholars pieced these scrolls together to reconstruct ...
Unrolling the Herculaneum Scrolls. Nearly 2,000 years ago, the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius destroyed the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, burying them in ash and soot. Carbonized by the heat of this very cataclysm, the library of a massive villa–possibly once owned by the father-in-law of Julius Caesar–sat preserved until its discovery ...
Hidden away nearly 2,000 years ago in desert caves adjacent to the ruins of Qumran along the shores of the Dead Sea, the Dead Sea Scrolls, first discovered by local Bedouin in 1947, include biblical manuscripts like the Great Isaiah Scroll, but also previously unknown sectarian writings likely associated with the early Jewish community who lived at Qumran.
In “ Words Unseen: The Power of Hidden Writing ” in the January/February 2018 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review, Hebrew Bible scholar Jeremy D. Smoak discusses what these ancient amulets from Ketef Hinnom can tell us about religion in ancient Judah. Upon discovery, Amulet 1 was 1 inch in height and 0.4 inches in diameter; unrolled, the ...
Reading the Herculaneum Scrolls. Uncovered in the 18th century in the ruins of a Roman villa in the ancient town of Herculaneum, the scrolls were heavily damaged during the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, making it practically impossible to unroll them without causing further harm. The few that could be unrolled largely contained works of philosophy ...
The digitization of the Dead Sea Scrolls will allow anyone with a computer and an internet connection to access and read Dead Sea Scrolls online. Anyone will also be able to view the Dead Sea Scrolls translation online. Using the latest high-resolution photography and imaging techniques, Google and the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) have ...
The case of using the Dead Sea Scrolls to modify the Masoretic text is no different. Ronald S. Hendel of the University of California, Berkeley, argues that scholars can reconstruct a more original Hebrew Bible text if they “ combine the best from each tradition.”. James A. Sanders, founder and president emeritus of the Ancient Biblical ...
The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced in March, 2021 that explorations in the Judean desert south of Jerusalem revealed scores of new scroll fragments hidden away in secluded caves during the time of the Bar Kokhba Revolt (132–136 C.E.). The discovered parchment fragments feature Greek translations of the Books of Zechariah and ...
Reading “Invisible” Dead Sea Scrolls. Photograph of Dead Sea Scroll fragment 1032a. Photo Courtesy of the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library; IAA / Shai Halevi. Technology in the hands of scholars, conservators, and archaeologists alike has long been central to the successful preservation and analysis of the Dead Sea Scrolls.