Weatherman2020
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A Shepard boy looking for his lost sheep in Qumran walked into a cave and one of the greatest archeological finds in history was made.
Not knowing what it really was he took some of the leather scrolls to a shoemaker to see if he could make sandals out of them. Fortunately the shoemaker realized what they were.
Dated to the time of Christ, it is believed Qumran was a small village where Biblical texts were written. These texts were likely removed from the Temple just before the Romans destroyed it and hid in the caves of Qumran for safe keeping. And found 2,000 years later.
Because the Hebrew language has not changed over time any child who can read Hebrew can read the Dead Sea scrolls. The most important thing learned from this discovery is that the Old Testament has not changed one bit in the last 2,000 years.
An interesting find is the Copper Scroll, which is not religious text but a treasure map to where gold and silver were buried. It is assumed this treasure is also from the Temple just before it was destroyed.
Not knowing what it really was he took some of the leather scrolls to a shoemaker to see if he could make sandals out of them. Fortunately the shoemaker realized what they were.
Dated to the time of Christ, it is believed Qumran was a small village where Biblical texts were written. These texts were likely removed from the Temple just before the Romans destroyed it and hid in the caves of Qumran for safe keeping. And found 2,000 years later.
Because the Hebrew language has not changed over time any child who can read Hebrew can read the Dead Sea scrolls. The most important thing learned from this discovery is that the Old Testament has not changed one bit in the last 2,000 years.
An interesting find is the Copper Scroll, which is not religious text but a treasure map to where gold and silver were buried. It is assumed this treasure is also from the Temple just before it was destroyed.