Actually, what was mainly found after the original 7 scrolls were piles of fragments which were painstakingly...and hopefully accurately... reassembled by scholars in the ensuing 50 years.
They are categorized here.
http://paolo-deadseascrolls.blogspot.com/
But for now we are mainly dealing with xtian wet dreams and here the DSS throw decidedly cold water on the hopes of those looking for some hint of their godboy at Qumran.
They are categorized here.
http://paolo-deadseascrolls.blogspot.com/
But for now we are mainly dealing with xtian wet dreams and here the DSS throw decidedly cold water on the hopes of those looking for some hint of their godboy at Qumran.
Quote:In fact about 20% of the scrolls were soon published, but the remainder were held out for 35 years, this gave some scholars the impression that important truths were hidden in the Scrolls, so important that the Vatican was trying to avoid the publication.
This Theory was very soon declared false, when the Scrolls were finally published, and at the end the Scholars arrived to the conclusion that there is nothing in the scrolls to show that Christianity came from Qumran.
