by admin | May 8, 2018 | Browse All, Dead Sea Scrolls, Inscriptions, Qumran
The texts of the Psalms in the Dead Sea Scrolls were more or less the same as the texts we know today, but the order in which they were presented was different. In this exquisitely reproduced piece offered here by Biblical...
by admin | May 8, 2018 | Browse All, Dead Sea Scrolls, Inscriptions, Qumran, Scrolls from the Judean Desert
A feeling of a spiritual ascent would be an acceptable explanation of ” a song of ascents,” the heading of Psalms 120-134. Jerusalem may not be the highest place in the country geographically, but it is indeed the place of the Temple of God, and therefore going to it...
by admin | May 8, 2018 | Browse All, Inscriptions, Masada
Archaeology is difficult and tedious work. The crews must go through ancient sites with exquisite care and patience. This makes for slow going. There is an occasional burst of excitement when a beautiful object—a pot or coin or piece of jewelry—is found. There is even...
by admin | May 8, 2018 | Browse All, Dead Sea Scrolls, Inscriptions, Qumran, Scrolls from the Judean Desert
We think we understand the Bible, but do we really? Take the first line of the first book; Genesis 1:1. The King James Version reads, “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” Simple enough? But the matter is not so simple, because the original Hebrew,...
by admin | May 8, 2018 | Browse All, Monumental Inscriptions, Pontius Pilate, Stone
The New Testament refers to Pontius Pilate 60 times. Two of the references add the title “governor” to his name ( Matthew 27:2, and Luke 3:1). Historians, following Josephus, have generally added the rank of Procurator to his name when describing him, but this title...
by admin | May 8, 2018 | Browse All, Dead Sea Scrolls, Qumran, Scrolls from the Judean Desert
The Dead Sea Scrolls have revealed to us that there were different manuscripts of Holy Scripture, including, of course, the Ten Commandments, in circulation during the last centuries BCE and first century CE; that is, in the time of Jesus. We learn that these...
