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The People of the Dead Sea Scrolls

ISBN-10: 
9004100857

The People of the Dead Sea Scrolls

This work attempts to provide answers to some important questions that have emerged in media reports on the Dead Sea Scrolls, such as: have certain manuscripts been suppressed?; do the manuscripts question substantial aspects of the Jewish and Christian traditions?; and do the roots of early Christianity derive from the Essene movement? It presents information on the literary heritage, the social organization and the religious beliefs of the Qumran community and its links with early Christianity. The text aims to provide the reader with an opportunity to look behind the scenes of the research of the Dead Sea texts and the ongoing scholarly debate on the origins of the Essene movement and the Qumran sect.

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Interesting topic. When it comes to old texts, the Dead Sea Scrolls are considered one of probably the most important old texts discovered in the last couple of years. The Israel Museum has been lambasted previously for not providing more extensive access to the fragile and damaged files. Now, global admittance to the files is being provided online. The Israel Museum and Google have combined to supply the access to these documents. Source article: http://www.newsytype.com/11936-digitized-dead-sea-scrolls/

Essenes are a non-entity at Qumran.
The inhabitants were Zealots and it is their writings that were secreted in the caves.
A scroll from DSS was found at Masada with the same author.
Paul of Tarsus spent three years at Qumran as an undercover agent for the High Priest of the Saduccees in his job as persecutor of the Nasoreans, the original followers of Jesus. 'Damascus' was the code word for Qumran. After the crucifixion, James, the brother of Jesus, was the leader, until his murder in 66 CE by agents of the High Priest. This is what sparked the rebellion against Rome (66 - 73 CE).