The Dead Sea Scrolls—comprising more than 800 documents made of animal skin, papyrus and even forged copper—deepened our understanding of the Bible and ... their lives to writing and ...

Whether created by ancient Egyptian scribes, medieval monks, or Mayan priests, these 26 remarkable survivors have endured ...

Deciphering ancient texts with modern ... of religious ferment in ancient Israel. The scrolls include the oldest copies ever found of the Hebrew Bible, “apocryphal” texts that were never ...

and more than almost any of the other books of the Bible--dictates this work's centrality in any attempt to understand the phenomenon of the scrolls. Clearly sectarian, this writing uses striking ...

The display, "Dead Sea Scrolls ... and religious practices of ancient Judaism and the early foundations of Christianity." Said RRPFI, "According to biblical narratives in Exodus and Deuteronomy ...