Mysterious Dead Sea Scroll deciphered in Israel

[Eugene]

Source: BBC

Mysterious Dead Sea Scroll deciphered in Israel

22 January 2018

One of the last remaining obscure parts of the Dead Sea Scrolls has been deciphered by researchers in Israel.

Sixty tiny fragments were pieced together over a period of a year, identifying the name of a festival marking the changes between seasons.

It also revealed a second scribe corrected mistakes made by the author.

The 900 scrolls, written by an ancient Jewish sect, have been a source of fascination since the first were discovered in a cave in Qumran in 1947.

The collection is considered the oldest copy of the Bible ever found, dating to at least the 4th Century BC.

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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-42773878


The fragments of Dead Sea Scroll took a year to piece together

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Translated: never ever trust a republican

[JDC]

2. You totally beat me to it

[MontanaMama]

3. Missed it by that much!

[Eliot Rosewater]

5. Oh I love that! I listen to Gilbert Gottfried podcast and they bring

Don and Mel and "Get Smart" up all the time.

[MontanaMama]

7. Wait!

Gilbert Gottfried has a podcast? No way. iTunes?

[Eliot Rosewater]

8. OH hell yes and it is the best!

I also subscribe/pay to STITCHER where I can get all of them without commercials but yes on Itunes

Gilbert Gottfried Amazing Colossal Podcast


https://www.gilbertpodcast.com/

[MontanaMama]

9. Thank you.

Clearly my procrastination in getting dinner made paid off this evening. For the win!

[democratisphere]

4. The ancients were wise. Some things never change after thousands of years.

[Bayard]

6. "Eat at Joe's!"

[Toorich]

10. Festivus

for the rest of us. amen.