![The Dead Sea Scrolls? Discovery and Meaning](https://www.muslim-library.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2991.png)
- Hershel Shanks
- Biblical Archaeology Society
- 2007
- 31
- 11855
- 4497
- 3629
The Dead Sea Scrolls? Discovery and Meaning
What is the significance of the Dead Sea Scrolls?
Why are they so important to our understanding of the Bible, Christianity and Judaism?
Hershel Shanks shares In addition, you’ll read how the scrolls further our understanding of life during Jesus’ time and the early rabbinic period of Judaism.
In Part I, Hershel Shanks describes the story of the Dead Sea Scrolls’ discovery.
He guides us through the geography of the area, and explains how the scrolls were located near Qumran by Bedouin shepherds and later acquired by the Israeli government.
(Some were even listed for sale in The Wall Street Journal!)
Many beautiful full-color photographs help illustrate this fascinating tale.
Part II explores the significance of the Dead Sea Scrolls in the development of Christianity.
The scrolls help provide a context for the search for the historical Jesus by illuminating the times in which he lived. We also learn how the scrolls help us understand such concepts as “son of God” and “messiah.”
: