Zev Porat

Thursday, December 27, 2018

Video - QUMRANOLOGY: What are the Dead Sea Scrolls?

The Dead Sea Scrolls made for a symbolic birthday gift for the state still struggling to survive out of utero. The texts are celebrated icons of Israel’s heritage—a people long recognized for the literary gifts which they bequeathed to the world. The Egyptians have their pyramids, the Chinese have their wall, the Greeks have their marble temple, and the Incas had their mountain  ridge citadel. The Jews have their scrolls, monuments built from words rather than mortar.
 
Video - QUMRANOLOGY: What are the Dead Sea Scrolls?


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