[Coco] So far OT I'm in the Twilight Zone (Was: Republishing Magazines)

[jdaggett at gate.net]

Correction 

The Dead Sea scrolls by default are property of the Jordanian Office of Antiquities. 
When found, that area was TransJordan. The origianl 7 scrolls are claimed by 
Jordan. Part of the reason translation started so slow was who translated them had 
to be settled before work could begin. Currently the Office of Antiquities of Israel 
now controls digs and archeaological expeditions in the region. 

There is no great mysteries or secret meanings or what ever. If anything there are 
more questions as to who the Essenes were and the purpose of Qumran 
community. Some of the scrolls gives us a better understanding of the greater 
diversity of Judiahism in the period between 200 BCE and 100 CE. Most of the 
completed material has now been copied onto CDs and have been available to 
researchers for over a decade now. I believe that a set of CDs are available for 
purchase or was to be made available for purchase in 2002. 

There is still many fragmanets and parrtial scrolls that still need piecign together like 
a jigsaw puzzle. In all there are maybe twenty scrolls of any significant religious 
benefit. The prize of the collection was the Isaiah Scroll. Believe to have been 
pinned around 200 BCE,  is the oldest copy of the the Book of Isaiah known. It is a 
near complete and exact copy of a more modern Massoretic copy dating from about 
400 CE.  


james

On 27 Dec 2003 at 23:36, Neil Morrison wrote:

> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Gene Heskett" <gene.heskett at verizon.net>
> 
> 
> > On Saturday 27 December 2003 21:35, jdaggett at gate.net wrote:
> > ....  Who knows but what there
> > may be an original copy of Revelations in the Dead Sea Scrolls, one
> > that could improve upon the "reproduction" considerably.  But,
> since
> > the Vatican only allows selected "scholars" to study them, its
> > unlikely we'll see a good translation in my remaining lifetime.
> > Particularly if that would shake the foundations of the Church as
> the
> > Vatican sees it.
> 
> Point: It's got nothing to do with the Vatican. The Dead Sea Scrolls
> are in the hands of the Israelis and they're the ones who have freaked
> out somewhat at the revelations therein. See Baigent's books for
> pointers to more info, although I believe reasonable copies have now
> been made available.
> 
> NM
> 
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