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More on Dead Sea Scroll Debate
Another scroll fragment found in 1947 near the Dead Sea.The contention by Hebrew University Prof. Rachel Elior that the Essenes sect never existed continues to stun the world of Biblical scholarship, since the Essenes are reputed to have written the ...
Scrolls Debate #1: Authorship Called into Question
A sample of a Dead Sea Scroll fragment.(The Dead Sea Scrolls have been the subject of intense scholarship for 60 years, but now questions are arising regarding their true authorship and whether the presumed authors ~ a sect some say Jesus may have jo...
Scrolls Debate #2: Essenes Cult May Be Fictitious
A portion of the ruins near Qumran, long considered to be an Essenes settlement, near the caves where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in 1947.Religion scholars seeking evidence of the historical Jesus frequently claim he could have been a member...
Scrolls Debate Footnote: An Arrest in New York
The scholarly debate over authorship of the Dead Sea Scrolls has led to the arrest of the son of one proponent of the theory that the Essenes did not write the ancient scriptures. Raphael Golb, son of Norman Golb, a professor at Chicago University, w...
