Dead Sea Scrolls
December 2007
A total of 22 members went to the San Diego Natural History Museum on December 1, 2007 to view the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit. At the November 28th Monthly Meeting, Professor Engen gave a lecture about the history behind the Dead Sea Scrolls, the significance to current history, and the history of the discovery. The lecture allowed us to view the exhibit with more insight to the history beyond the Biblical aspects and made the event much more meaningful for everyone.
For more information about the Dead Sea Scrolls, please click the links at the bottom of this page.
Professor Engen, Scott Mathson, Jen Miller, Gabbie Pruit, Warren Paulsen, and Melissa Marquez
Jen Miller, Melissa Marquez, Patti Manley, Mark Rodgers, Morgan Hoodenpyle, Felipe, Jennifer Hererra
Some of the Scrolls we were able to see while at the exhibit: See the links at the bottom of the page for more information about each of the scrolls shown here as well as /information and images of more scrolls.
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1. Community Rule (Manual of Discipline) Manuscript 4Q260-366
2. The Copper Scroll: The Copper Scroll is one of archeology’s most intriguing and mysterious documents. Found alongside some 900 other documents known as the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Copper Scroll has a story fit to be an Indiana Jones movie. While other Dead Sea Scrolls are biblical in nature, or describe the life of the community at Khirbet Qumran, the Copper Scroll describes in detail the glorious treasure—estimated in 1960 to be worth more than $1,000,000 U.S.—and where that treasure might be found. The text cites 64 locations where over 100 tons of gold and silver, in addition to scrolls and priestly items, were supposedly hidden.
3. The Copper Scroll 3Q15 Scroll Type: Non-biblical; list of locations containing hidden treasure Date: Late Herodian, 25–75 CE Language: Proto-Mishnaic Hebrew Discovered: Cave 3, 1952 J5998 Piece no. 18, Column 10
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4. 4Q109 Qohelet a -- Fragments of Ecclesiastes from Qumran Cave 4
5. The Words of Moses (1Q22 [1QDM])
6. The Rule of the Congregation (or Messianic Rule, 1Q28a [1QSa])
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7. Paleo-Leviticus 11Q1 Scroll type: Biblical text Date: 1st century CE (1-50 CE) Language: Hebrew (written in paleo-Hebrew script) Discovered: Cave 11, 1956
8. Book of War 11Q14 Scroll type: Non-biblical text Date: 1st century CE (20-50 CE) Language: Hebrew Discovered: Cave 11, 1956
9. Deuteronomy: The Ten Commandments 4Q41 Scroll type: Excerpted biblical text Date: 30–1 BCE Language: Hebrew Discovered: Cave 4, 1952 Deuteronomy 8:5-10; 5:1-6:1
10. Psalms 11Q5 Scroll type: Biblical text Date: 1st century BCE Language: Hebrew Discovered: Cave 11, 1956 Column I Ps 105:25-45 Column II Ps 146:9, X, 10; 148:1-12 Column III Ps 121:1-123:2 Column IV Ps 124:8-127:1
Background Image from:
http://deshika.files.wordpress.com/2007/06/scroll.jpg
Other Images: These are all active links that will take you to more information about the scrolls pictured above as well as more information and other images.
2. http://www.sdnhm.org/scrolls/description_cs.html
3. http://www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/wsrp/educational_site/dead_sea_scrolls/copperscroll.shtml
4. http://www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/wsrp/educational_site/dead_sea_scrolls/qohelet.shtml
5. http://www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/wsrp/educational_site/dead_sea_scrolls/words_moses.shtml
6. http://www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/wsrp/educational_site/dead_sea_scrolls/1QSa.shtml
7, and 8. http://www.sdnhm.org/scrolls/description.html
9 and 10. http://www.sdnhm.org/scrolls/description_2.html
And even more websites to check out if you are interested.
for Scrolls from the Dead Sea: The Ancient Library of Qumran and Modern Scholarship
On-Line Texts Related to Biblical Study: The Dead Sea scrolls
Educational Site: Dead Sea Scrolls
