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Before today’s Bible: what the Dead Sea Scrolls reveal about scribes, caves, and memory

What does a sacred text go through before it is turned into a book? The cliffs in the Judean Desert are made up of pale limestone and they look over the shore where the salt covers the ground and the ...
Yahoo

When Israeli kibbutz lost sacred texts to attack, these nontraditional Oklahoma scribes stepped in

An Israeli community is observing the Jewish holiday of Purim with a sacred item made by a group of Oklahomans halfway across the globe. Rabbi Juan Mejia, of Oklahoma City, said he and other members ...
techtimes

Next-Gen iPhone Display Could Work Like Parchment Scrolls; When Will Roller Screens Arrive?

The next-gen iPhone display is expected to work just like how parchment scrolls are unrolled. The new iPhone 5s displayed inside Apple's store in Causeway Bay district on September 20, 2013 in Hong ...
National Catholic Register

Scholar: Discovery of Dead Sea Scrolls Shows Importance of Greek Old Testament

The scrolls newly discovered are written entirely in Greek except for God’s name, which is represented in Hebrew as the tetragrammaton (YHWH). Qumran caves near the Dead Sea. (photo: Tamarah via ...
New York Post

Israeli experts announce discovery of more Dead Sea scrolls

JERUSALEM — Israeli archaeologists on Tuesday announced the discovery of dozens of Dead Sea Scroll fragments bearing a biblical text found in a desert cave and believed hidden during a Jewish revolt ...