This photo, made available by Israeli archeologist Chanan Eshel on Friday, shows a fragment of an ancient Torah scroll containing verses from the Book of Leviticus.
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"No scrolls have been found in the Judean Desert'' in decades, Eshel said. "The common belief has been that there is nothing left to find there.''
Well - it is a fairly small desert as deserts go - isn't it?
I recall reading something about when they first dug up the Dead Sea scrolls. They were paying the workers based on how many pieces they were recovering.
That is until they found out the workers were ripping the scrolls into bits so they would get paid more.
It's awe-inspiring to see the Dead Sea scrolls...it's even more amazing that they were found. The caves are way up a cliff face in Kumran, near the Dead Sea. And in summer that place is unbearably hot, I might add.
Is it just me, or does that writing seem awfully "vivid" for being 2000 years old? Most of the ancient texts I've seen have been very faded, and nowhere *near* that bold and distinct.
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Looks like a library overdue notice for the Dead Sea Scrolls...imagine a 2000 year old fine.
Thank you for interesting article