Israel to Put Dead Sea Scrolls on the Internet

NY Times ^ | Aug. 26, 2008 | Ethan Bonner

[Alouette]

JERUSALEM — In a crowded laboratory painted in gray and cooled like a cave, half a dozen specialists embarked this week on an historic undertaking: digitally photographing every one of the thousands of fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls with the aim of making the entire file — among the most sought-after and examined documents on earth — available to all on the Internet.

Equipped with highly powerful cameras with resolution and clarity many times greater than those of conventional models, and with lights that emit neither heat nor ultraviolet rays, the scientists and technicians are uncovering previously illegible sections and letters of the scrolls, discoveries that could have real scholarly impact.

The 2,000-year-old scrolls, found in the late 1940s in caves near the Dead Sea east of Jerusalem, contain the earliest known copies of every book of the Hebrew Bible (missing only the Book of Esther), as well as apocryphal texts and descriptions of rituals of a Jewish sect at the time of Jesus. The texts, most of them on parchment but some on papyrus, date from the third century BC to the first century AD.

[Alouette]

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[thackney]

BTTT

[Alouette]

GGG!

[maryz]

Exciting news indeed! Thanks for posting!

[Rennes Templar]

These may reveal some of Jesus teachings that were removed from the bible by Constantine and Justinian.

[bpjam]

what was the real hold up on this? Something we were worried about?

It would seem that this is something which should have been translated and made public ASAP and put on the web as soon as there was a web to put it on. What could be more important than one of the best-maintained original copies of any original books of the Bible/Torah.

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

“with lights that emit neither heat nor ultraviolet rays ...”

This is exciting news.

One little quibble — anything that emits light also emits heat. Perhaps they meant that the lights don't emit infrared rays; or that they don't emit perceptible amounts of heat.

[jonrick46]

When will we get the interpretation of the scrolls? I am no Hebrew scholar. Photos of the scrolls, no matter what quality, would not help me.

[Uri’el-2012]

Thanks

Great news; perhaps more Good News !

shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach Adonai

[oh8eleven]

When will we get the interpretation of the scrolls?
Already done ...

[Uri’el-2012]

These may reveal some of Jesus teachings that were removed from the bible by Constantine and Justinian.

We already know about these YHvH commanded Feasts being removed:

• Shabbat
• Passover
• Unleavened Bread
• First Fruits
• Shavuot
• Trumpets
• Yom Kippur
• Sukkoth

and the following pagan feasts inserted:

• Sunday
• Easter
• Christmas

shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach Adonai

[Stayfree]

Several weeks ago, a news release indicated that ultimately all of the photos of the scrolls would be available on the internet within a year or so, but that some of the photos would be released (I want to say) within about 6 months. I may have all the times screwed up, but the photos will be released over about a year or so.

[Stayfree]

Several weeks ago, a news release indicated that ultimately all of the photos of the scrolls would be available on the internet within a year or so, but that some of the photos would be released (I want to say) within about 6 months. I may have all the times screwed up, but the photos will be released over about a year or so.
Sorry, forgot to mention that some but not all would be converted to English.

[UCANSEE2]

Suggestion for your tagline.

If you take away what is RIGHT, all you have is what is LEFT.

[SevenofNine]

Sweeetttt

Yeah baby hey Alouette are they plan or are they going do it

[healy61]

Very good work, super detective.

[Stayfree]

Unfortunately, both are happening in our country.

[FreedomOfExpression]

...and the following pagan feasts inserted:

• Sunday
• Easter
• Christmas

I may not know what you are talking about with Sunday feasts, but you are spot on with Easter and Christmas.

Of course the feasts that were removed were the ones strictly for the nation of Israel under the Law Covenant. That law was fulfilled with Christ, and so Christians are under no obligation to keep those feasts.

[MeanWestTexan]

Maybe, but isn’t conventional wisdom that these Essene documents pre-date the Christian era?