Dead Sea Scrolls

Introduction to the Scrolls from the Judean Desert James R. Davila a total of eleven caves near the Wadi Qumran were found to contain fragments of ancient scrolls, probably all placed there by the same people at the time of the Great Revolt against Rome in CE 68-70, when Jerusalem was besieged and finally destroyed by the Romans.

The Perils of Parallels James R. Davila explores the concept of parallels and their proper use.

The Writing World of the Dead Sea Scrolls Rochelle Altman examines the textual identity of the and explains how in our current world these associations are unconscious and the choices automatic whilst in the past these associations were conscious and the choices deliberate. In Antiquity, everything had meaning — the shape of a stele, the stripes on a garment, the size of a leaf or tablet, the format, the script were all an integral part of the presentation.

The Place of Belial and the Sons of Darkness within the Dead Sea Scrolls Lisa Bronowitz examines the Rule of the Community or Manual of Discipline.

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Dead Sea Scrolls A collection of on-line texts. An exhibit of Scrolls from the Dead Sea at the Library of Congress, Washington DC.

A further Exhibit of the Dead Sea Scrolls from The Project Judaica Foundation

The Shrine of the Book The Israel Museum, Jerusalem is the home of the exceptional archaeological finds: the Dead Sea Scrolls and other rare ancient manuscripts.

The Qumran Library Selection of scroll fragments.

The Orion Center’s Cave Tour A pictorial view of the Caves at Qumran in which the Dead Sea Scrolls were found.

The Visions of Yeshua Ben Pediah Scroll: also referred to as The Angel Scroll Stephen Pfann holds that the scroll could represent an important missing link between early Christianity, early Judaism and Qumran. This scroll has only been worked on from computer texts.

The Qumran Community Various artifacts excavated from the site.

Scrolls from the Dead Sea – The Ancient Library of Qumran and Modern Scholarship

The Dead Sea Scrolls and Biblical Integrity Garry K. Brantley writes “we cannot be confident that our English translations reflect the information initially penned by biblical writers. However, the materials discovered at Qumran, commonly called the Dead Sea Scrolls, have provided impressive evidence for both the integrity of the Hebrew and Aramaic manuscripts of the Old Testament and the authenticity of the books themselves.”

The Damascus Document and the Community Rule James R. Davila explains that the Damascus Document is unique in that it is the only Qumran sectarian work that was known before the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls. It had been found many years before in the famous “Cairo Geniza

The Damascus Document English Translation

The War Rule James R. Davila looks at what has come to be known as the War Rule or War Scroll

The War Rule English translation

Hodayot / Hymn Scroll David M.S. Kinnen

Hodayot – 1QH^a

Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice Ruth Tyldesley

Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice an English translation

Enoch as Precursor: the Role of the Enochic Manuscripts in the Qumran Literature David W. Suter

explores the book of Enoch.

An Introduction to the Dead Sea Scrolls Jim West An introductory course.

Who Was the Teacher of Righteousness in the Dead Sea Scrolls? Kerry A Shirts