 Categories Ancient Documents Ancient Egypt Ancient Greece Ancient Israel Ancient Near East Ancient Other Ancient Rome Archaeology Bible History Bible Searches Biblical Archaeology Childrens Resources Church History Evolution & Science Illustrated History Images & Art Intertestamental Jesus Languages Maps & Geography Messianic Prophecies Museums Mythology & Beliefs People in History Prof. Societies Rabbinical Works Resource Sites Study Tools Timelines & Charts Weapons & Warfare World History
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Qumran Jar (Dead Sea Scrolls) This painting is of the Qumran Jar which contained the Scroll of Isaiah, one of the hundreds of scrolls discovered in caves around the area of Qumran, on the northwest shore of the Dead Sea in Israel. The most important fact is that there were copies of the Books of the Bible dating back a hundred years before Jesus was born. This means that hundreds of prophecies about Jesus were amazingly accurate. In fact the Old Testament Book that testifies most to the life and death of the Messiah is the Book of Isaiah, which an entire scroll was discovered.
The discovery began in 1948 and became known as the Dead Sea Scrolls. What is most significant about these scrolls is that they contain many of the Jewish documents known to Christians as the Old Testament. Before this discovery the oldest copies of Biblical documents of the Old Testament were from the Masoretic time, around the 9th century A.D., because the Jewish scribes took careful measures in copying documents, numbering them, and destroying the originals. The Dead Sea Scrolls date back to at least the 2nd century B.C. making them important in the study of Biblical Archaeology. This is especially important to Christians because it puts hundreds of Old Testament prophecies about Jesus, at least 2 centuries before the events took place. Isaiah 53:5-7 "But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth." Matthew 21:42 - "Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? " John 10:35 "the Scripture cannot be broken" John 10:34 "Jesus answered them, "Is it not written in your law.." 2 Tim 3:16-17 "All
Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for
doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in
righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly
equipped for every good work." Cave 1 - 1947 Dead Sea Scrolls Museum The Shrine of the Book houses the Dead Sea Scrolls. It is a section of the Israel Museum in West Jerusalem. The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in 1947 and more caves were discovered until 1956, totaling 11 caves located around the Wadi Qumran area. Manuscript Copies of the Old Testament Found
Psalms (39 Manuscripts
Found) John 5:39 - Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. Jewish Rabbinical Writings Chart
The Jewish High Priests from 200 B.C to the
Reign of Herod the Great The Jewish High Priests from Herod the
Great to the Destruction of Jerusalem
Related Pages: How Many Isaiah's According To The Dead Sea Scrolls? Qumran - Map of Ancient Israel Heart Message - The Paradox of the Priesthood Caiaphas - Bible History Online Caiaphas in Unger's Bible Dictionary Caiaphas in Easton's Bible Dictionary Beersheba in the ISBE Bible Encyclopedia Biblical Definition of Beersheba Altar - Background Bible Study Altar in Smith's Bible Dictionary Altar in the ISBE Bible Encyclopedia Israel - The Center of the Ancient World Israel - Archaeology Links and Resources The Destruction of Israel in the Old Testament Archaeological Resources - Israel
Bible History Online - Fallen Empires (Biblical Archaeology) The Destruction of Israel - Kings of Israel, Judah and Assyria
Timeline 800 - 700 BC |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
