A new Dead Sea scroll was found, apparently containing extracts of Leviticus dating to the Bar Kochba revolt. Thanks to Dr. Davila at PaleoJudaica for finding this.
Bedouin wanders across Biblical manuscript
Fragments of a Biblical manuscript dating back to the last Jewish revolt against Roman rule in 135 AD Judaea, have been uncovered near the Dead […]
Posted in archaeological finds, dead sea scrolls by: Chris Weimer
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The current consensus on the raison d’être for the Gospel of Matthew is that it was written to reconcile Jewish-Christian relations. Having read Matthew a little closer, though, I’ve come to an entirely different conclusion on its formation and why it was written. Matthew is instead writing a (knowingly fictional) novella on Jesus Christ establishing […]
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