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Rating: * * *
Type: Historical and archeological talk
Time: 15 minutes
Kelly says: Great for the scholarly
The Qumran caves, which are still announced as a “coming attraction,” are the backdrop for this scholarly chat about the significance of the discovery in 1947 of a trove of ancient biblical texts belonging to the Essenes, an ascetic sect of Jews who had a monastery of sorts in the desert. There are some fascinating tidbits about the historical context of the scrolls, but the main point made here is the amazing integrity of the Scriptures. Scholars have found just 17 minor differences between the Qumran version of the Book of Isaiah and texts dating from hundreds of years later.
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