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Dead Sea Scrolls

2nd Temple Judaism August 4, 2022

Essays: Overview of the Dead Sea Scrolls

The following four essays were in response to a comprehensive essay exam I gave in my Dead Sea Scrolls course. They were written by my student Jeffrey Poplin and used with his permission. I thank Jeffrey for his superb work and happily pass these along to my blog readers: Essay One: Offer…

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2nd Temple Judaism July 22, 2022

Basic Facts Regarding the Dead Sea Scrolls on One Page

1. The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered between 1947-1956 in 11 caves (5 by Beduin; 6 by archaeologists) on the upper northwest shore of the Dead Sea. The area is 13 miles east of Jerusalem, and is -1300 ft. below sea level (Jerusalem is +2400 ft. above sea level). 2.…

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Dead Sea Scrolls June 19, 2022

Was The Oldest and Most Significant Dead Sea Scroll Mistakenly Declared a Forgery in 1883?

In 1883 fifteen leather strips found by Bedouin in caves on the east side of the Dead Sea came into possession of book and manuscript antiquities dealer Moses Shapira of Jerusalem. These ancient texts were written in Paleo-Hebrew and after painstaking reading and transcription of the faded letters by Shapira,…

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Dead Sea Scrolls May 11, 2022

Essential Reading on the Shapira Scroll–Translated for the First Time into English!

Ross Nichols, author of the book,The Moses Scroll published last year, offers the best to date overview of the entire 19th century saga of Jerusalem antiquarian and bookseller, William Moses Shapira, and his sixteen leather strips inscribed in paleo-Hebrew purportedly discovered by Bedouin on the east side of the Dead Sea…

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Christian Origins March 26, 2022

The Dead Sea Scrolls After 75 Years–How Do They Relate to Earliest Christianity?

My first visit to Qumran was in April 1979–forty-three years ago. I have since been back over sixty times, spending as much as a month at a time there on two extensive surveys and three liscensed excavations. In this extensive interview with Neal Sendlak, host of the Youtube channel Gnostic Informant,…

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Dead Sea Scrolls March 12, 2022

Understanding the Essene/Dead Sea Scroll Calendar–and Alternatives

This lecture lays out the varied calendrical systems used in ancient Judaism. Calendars are complex things and lie at the core of our lives, as well as how most religious traditions function. How to count time was one of the most contentious issues between various ancient Jewish groups and sects–whether…

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Dead Sea Scrolls March 9, 2022

Who Wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls–What Do We Know after 75 Years?

This year marks the 75th anniversary of the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1946-47. We are already seeing signs of various retrospective reporting and analysis in special issues of major mass media publications such as National Geographic and Life magazine. These thick, lavishly illustrated, special editions are harbingers of much more…

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Dead Sea Scrolls March 5, 2022

A Lecture: Dead Messiahs Who Don’t Return

Here is a lecture version of my previous post, “Dead Messiahs Who Don’t Return.” Please Like, Share, and Subscribe to my YouTube Channel, and click the “bell” on Youtube if you want notifications. I am uploading dozens if lectures from my decades long career in March. https://youtu.be/rMe0g52O-OY

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2nd Temple Judaism January 11, 2022

Josephus on 1st Century Roman Jewish History

I am continuing to post the materials that I have used in my courses for 45 years now–free for anyone to see and use. You are welcome to print out, read, and share the link via social media, but please do not repost or reproduce without permission.  The following excerpt from…

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Dead Sea Scrolls June 2, 2021

“The Moses Scroll” Goes Digital with a New Kindle Edition

Many of my readers are aware of the publication of Ross Nichols’s new book, The Moses Scroll that chronicles the whole Moses Shapira Saga and the question of whether or not the 19th century “Dead Sea Scroll” was most likely ancient or a modern forgery. I just received word from Nichols…

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