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Biblical Backgrounds. Biblical ARCHEOLOGY. All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 3:16-17. Terms. Dead Sea Scrolls.
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Biblical Backgrounds Biblical ARCHEOLOGY All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 3:16-17
Dead Sea Scrolls • Where: Qumran, Judean desert = ____________ • When: ____________ • How Many: ______ Documents • Who: library of first-century Jews West Bank 1947 - 1948 931
Dead Sea Scrolls • Varying dates from ________________ • What’s included: • Every book of the Bible except Esther • Commentaries • Marriage Contracts • Deeds of Sale • Calendars • Rules for Religious Rituals • Copper Scroll 300BC – 40AD
How Were They Discovered? • ______: Shepherds settled in the land between Bethlehem and The Dead Sea • ______: Teenager found Cave 1 • Cave 1 yielded __ Scrolls and were sold for _____ to a local dealer 1946 1947 7 $97
How Were They Discovered? • Surveys were done and more research • More caves were found • Cave __ is one of the largest and almost the most difficult to get to • Yielded ________ fragments • Arab-Israeli War in _______ 4 15,000 1948
Qumran • Ancient ruins of buildings • Found kilns to fire pottery • Deposits of _______________ and _________ animal bones pottery
What do the scrolls say? • Before the scrolls the oldest text:_________________ - _________________ • Skeptics claim transmission errors • Cave 1: Entire copy of the _______________ • 95% identical • 5% differences • Slips of pen • Spelling alterations MasorecticText Ben Asher Codex Book of Isaiah
God Wrote A Book All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 God Wrote A Book