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Dead Sea Scrolls Mystery Solved?
Archeology & Anthropology
Written by laika   
Monday, 02 August 2010 14:25

At The National Geographic:

The recent decoding of a cryptic cup, the excavation of ancient Jerusalem tunnels, and other archaeological detective work may help solve one of the great biblical mysteries: Who wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls?

The new clues hint that the scrolls, which include some of the oldest known biblical documents, may have been the textual treasures of several groups, hidden away during wartime—and may even be "the great treasure from the Jerusalem Temple," which held the Ark of the Covenant, according to the Bible.

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WebbedFeetOfClay  - Schiffman, Bah!!   |2010-08-06 10:34:37
The problem is that Lawrence Schiffman and the better part of DSS scholars have already committed to a definition of "Essene" that they've constructed from the scrolls (in the absence of any extensive detailed accounts or descriptions except the vague and somewhat contradictory outsider definitions of contemporary historians). Of course, if that's the case, the scrolls seem 100% Essene, but if you've not already accepted that there's a lot more that doesn't quite mesh.
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