Plate 275/1, Frag 1
B-295662
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Discussion (25)
  • This is incredible, thank you Google!

    Jason Martell
    xfacts.com

  • It's amazing to consider the connection to John 1. In the beginning there was the Word, and the Word was with God..." ~ In the US English class is called Language Arts during the early years of grade school. I find it intriguing to consider the creation story takes place in some small fashion with each utterance & decree escaping the lips of man.

  • number 1!

  • To All viewers...I pray God (The Father) guides you through reading and studying these ancient scrolls, there is a lot of truth in these ancient texts that modern texts and translations cover up. Just remember, when we speak of God, in which deserves our worship, praise and meditation...it means the ultimate Creator and Mind behind ALL creation...100% of God can "reflect" through you, as it did Jesus and other prophets, but this does not mean you "Are God" but "Of God"...For peace in this life, for salvation of the Spirit within us ALL, this is important to remember. So pray, read, ponder and give thanks to God, our Creator.

  • NIce>

  • who and when and how did the 1st person copy/make the 1st entire bible?

  • Praise God for this wonderful endeavor! I am glad I can finally see these oldest manuscript of the Holy Scripture. May all those who visit this Webpage be blessed; may their attention, attraction, and ambition be "Thus saith the Lord" God bless this team effort!

  • Wow!  Somebody wrote that stuff 2,000 years ago?  Have not a clue what it says.

  • Check out the "Featured Scrolls" page for descriptions about some of the "highlights" of the collection. And read through our comprehensive content pages in the "About the Scrolls" section of the site, to get an idea of what the scrolls say. For specific transcriptions and translations... we're working on it. Stay tuned...

  • "Intertextuality" -- a textual reference to another text -- is a phenomenon that has received a lot of attention in recent decades, both in scholarship across many fields and in popular culture (some of the most well-known examples are the allusions in TV shows like "The Simpsons" or "Community"). We agree that it is very interesting to see examples of this technique of expression in sacred texts in the ancient world. The Dead Sea Scrolls have contributed greatly to analysis of this phenomenon, since some of the scrolls represent our earliest known examples of biblical interpretation and allusions to Scripture.

  • Thanks for your question. It's a great question, and even though its seemingly simple, it raises a lot of issues related to the scrolls. For one thing, there is no "1st entire Bible." This way of thinking about the Bible shows our modern perspective-- because up until the age of the internet, we have been used to thinking of literary works as "books". The technical term for such a book is a "codex", which wikipedia defines as "a book made up of a number of sheets of paper, vellum, or similar, with hand-written content, usually stacked and bound by fixing one edge and with covers thicker than the sheets, but sometimes continuous and folded concertina-style."
    By the time the codex was developed (the first description of the codex is from the first century C.E.), many of the works of the Hebrew Bible had been considered sacred for a very long time. Different groups of people had different ideas about the Books that they considered Scripture. Even today, Catholics, Protestants, and Jews have different books in their "Bibles", and some of the same books appear in different sequence. The Eastern churches have yet different books.
    One of the exciting contributions of the Dead Sea Scrolls has been to change our perspective about how sacred works were perceived in antiquity, and how the idea of a "canon" came about.
    So my short answer is-- there is no 1st person who compiled and copied "THE" entire bible. There was a complex process of transmission of sacred works, and development of the concept of "canon".

  • That's So Amazing .. 

    A Stuff 2000 Years Ago ..

  • This is Amazing and a Testimony of the TRUTH. These are the sacred written words of our Creator. God Bless Google and all that contribute to the revelation of Jesus Christ (Yeshua- means Saviour). Gracentruth.ca

  • Wow!

  • This is amazing! I wonder if he has curiosity while he wrote how can God created the light “day” and the darkness “night” on the first day and morning and evening on the second day before the Sun on the fourth day. If it is not true, for what purpose we have died for wars and the promised land.....

  • @aleph, thank you for your comment. your questions are not directly related to the Dead Sea Scrolls, but relate to matters of biblical composition, interpretation, and theology. The Scrolls cannot resolve the questions and frustrations you raise, but they do offer significant insight into the way that Scripture was interpreted in antiquity and the historical ramifications of these interpretations. Some of these matters are raised on the website; http://www.deadseascrolls.o...

  • My question is do you have a progressive English translation pieced together which reads contiguously through all the pieces of each fragment/ book?  This would be very helpful to those who wish to see a literal contiguous English translation and compare it with published "Bibles" etc.

  • After all these years, since the scrolls have been discovered and have been studied, is there anything in them, about them or of them, that would lead researchers to think more can be learned from them? I can only imagine that the entire area has been scoured in hopes of finding more scrolls, but is it possible or plausible to believe more can be found (considering these weren't thought to exist before their discovery). Thank you for allowing me to ask these questions and for sharing the scrolls with the world.

  • @Mickzzzin,
    This may be the closest publication to what you are looking for:
    Martin Abegg Jr., Peter Flint, and Eugene Ulrich, The Dead Sea Scrolls Bible (San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1999).
    (Note that the title "Dead Sea Scrolls Bible" is misleading, since, as you note in your query, there was no single compilation among the scrolls of Qumran that held all the works later included in the Bible. such collections of scriptural works were only produced after the introduction of the "codex").
    There are also sophisticated databases on the market, which would serve the purpose you describe. We intend to incorporate translations and other advanced features in future versions of the website, with full open access to all.

  • @Carlos_Honduras, I may not be the most objective person to answer your question, since I devote my life to the study of the scrolls. But I'll try:
    1) Although most of the texts have been deciphered, I believe that the Leon Levy Digital Dead Sea Scrolls Library will eventually lead us to some knew readings of previously unidentified texts. While taking inventory of the papyri in the IAA vaults with a world expert last week, we were cataloging a Greek papyrus that has not yet been published because it was too hard to read; that document has now been prioritized for imaging. The ability to work with images of the scrolls using digital imaging resources will enable scholars, and dedicated non-specialists, to attempt new reconstructions of the manuscripts.
    2) Now that all the texts from the Qumran caves have been published, scholarship on the scrolls proceeds from a very different perspective than before the publication was completed. This scholarship is still in its infancy, and the results of this research will have an impact on related fields, beyond biblical studies and the history of Judaism and Christianity.
    3) Yes, we remain hopeful that more texts will be found.

  • i had been reading about the discovery of the manuscripts some 3 years ago, and am finally glad that these original texts have been put online.... hope the same is done for the NAG HAMADI LABRARY scrolls

  • @Alfred:
    The digitization and uploading of the Nag Hammadi collection is still in progress, but there is already plenty to see on Claremont's site:
    http://ccdl.libraries.clare...

  • It'll also be great if there is an archive for the recently discovered Afghan Genziah. Keep it up :)

  • MUITO BOM TER  ACESSO A ESTE MATERIAL 
    INSPIRADO POR NOSSO PAI  E NOSSO SALVADOR.

  • O QUE SIGNIFICA ESTA PALAVRA QUE APARECE VARIAS VEZES NESTE TEXTO 

Discussion (25)
  • This is incredible, thank you Google!

    Jason Martell
    xfacts.com

  • It's amazing to consider the connection to John 1. In the beginning there was the Word, and the Word was with God..." ~ In the US English class is called Language Arts during the early years of grade school. I find it intriguing to consider the creation story takes place in some small fashion with each utterance & decree escaping the lips of man.

  • number 1!

  • To All viewers...I pray God (The Father) guides you through reading and studying these ancient scrolls, there is a lot of truth in these ancient texts that modern texts and translations cover up. Just remember, when we speak of God, in which deserves our worship, praise and meditation...it means the ultimate Creator and Mind behind ALL creation...100% of God can "reflect" through you, as it did Jesus and other prophets, but this does not mean you "Are God" but "Of God"...For peace in this life, for salvation of the Spirit within us ALL, this is important to remember. So pray, read, ponder and give thanks to God, our Creator.

  • NIce>

  • who and when and how did the 1st person copy/make the 1st entire bible?

  • Praise God for this wonderful endeavor! I am glad I can finally see these oldest manuscript of the Holy Scripture. May all those who visit this Webpage be blessed; may their attention, attraction, and ambition be "Thus saith the Lord" God bless this team effort!

  • Wow!  Somebody wrote that stuff 2,000 years ago?  Have not a clue what it says.

  • Check out the "Featured Scrolls" page for descriptions about some of the "highlights" of the collection. And read through our comprehensive content pages in the "About the Scrolls" section of the site, to get an idea of what the scrolls say. For specific transcriptions and translations... we're working on it. Stay tuned...

  • "Intertextuality" -- a textual reference to another text -- is a phenomenon that has received a lot of attention in recent decades, both in scholarship across many fields and in popular culture (some of the most well-known examples are the allusions in TV shows like "The Simpsons" or "Community"). We agree that it is very interesting to see examples of this technique of expression in sacred texts in the ancient world. The Dead Sea Scrolls have contributed greatly to analysis of this phenomenon, since some of the scrolls represent our earliest known examples of biblical interpretation and allusions to Scripture.

  • Thanks for your question. It's a great question, and even though its seemingly simple, it raises a lot of issues related to the scrolls. For one thing, there is no "1st entire Bible." This way of thinking about the Bible shows our modern perspective-- because up until the age of the internet, we have been used to thinking of literary works as "books". The technical term for such a book is a "codex", which wikipedia defines as "a book made up of a number of sheets of paper, vellum, or similar, with hand-written content, usually stacked and bound by fixing one edge and with covers thicker than the sheets, but sometimes continuous and folded concertina-style."
    By the time the codex was developed (the first description of the codex is from the first century C.E.), many of the works of the Hebrew Bible had been considered sacred for a very long time. Different groups of people had different ideas about the Books that they considered Scripture. Even today, Catholics, Protestants, and Jews have different books in their "Bibles", and some of the same books appear in different sequence. The Eastern churches have yet different books.
    One of the exciting contributions of the Dead Sea Scrolls has been to change our perspective about how sacred works were perceived in antiquity, and how the idea of a "canon" came about.
    So my short answer is-- there is no 1st person who compiled and copied "THE" entire bible. There was a complex process of transmission of sacred works, and development of the concept of "canon".

  • That's So Amazing .. 

    A Stuff 2000 Years Ago ..

  • This is Amazing and a Testimony of the TRUTH. These are the sacred written words of our Creator. God Bless Google and all that contribute to the revelation of Jesus Christ (Yeshua- means Saviour). Gracentruth.ca

  • Wow!

  • This is amazing! I wonder if he has curiosity while he wrote how can God created the light “day” and the darkness “night” on the first day and morning and evening on the second day before the Sun on the fourth day. If it is not true, for what purpose we have died for wars and the promised land.....

  • @aleph, thank you for your comment. your questions are not directly related to the Dead Sea Scrolls, but relate to matters of biblical composition, interpretation, and theology. The Scrolls cannot resolve the questions and frustrations you raise, but they do offer significant insight into the way that Scripture was interpreted in antiquity and the historical ramifications of these interpretations. Some of these matters are raised on the website; http://www.deadseascrolls.o...

  • My question is do you have a progressive English translation pieced together which reads contiguously through all the pieces of each fragment/ book?  This would be very helpful to those who wish to see a literal contiguous English translation and compare it with published "Bibles" etc.

  • After all these years, since the scrolls have been discovered and have been studied, is there anything in them, about them or of them, that would lead researchers to think more can be learned from them? I can only imagine that the entire area has been scoured in hopes of finding more scrolls, but is it possible or plausible to believe more can be found (considering these weren't thought to exist before their discovery). Thank you for allowing me to ask these questions and for sharing the scrolls with the world.

  • @Mickzzzin,
    This may be the closest publication to what you are looking for:
    Martin Abegg Jr., Peter Flint, and Eugene Ulrich, The Dead Sea Scrolls Bible (San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1999).
    (Note that the title "Dead Sea Scrolls Bible" is misleading, since, as you note in your query, there was no single compilation among the scrolls of Qumran that held all the works later included in the Bible. such collections of scriptural works were only produced after the introduction of the "codex").
    There are also sophisticated databases on the market, which would serve the purpose you describe. We intend to incorporate translations and other advanced features in future versions of the website, with full open access to all.

  • @Carlos_Honduras, I may not be the most objective person to answer your question, since I devote my life to the study of the scrolls. But I'll try:
    1) Although most of the texts have been deciphered, I believe that the Leon Levy Digital Dead Sea Scrolls Library will eventually lead us to some knew readings of previously unidentified texts. While taking inventory of the papyri in the IAA vaults with a world expert last week, we were cataloging a Greek papyrus that has not yet been published because it was too hard to read; that document has now been prioritized for imaging. The ability to work with images of the scrolls using digital imaging resources will enable scholars, and dedicated non-specialists, to attempt new reconstructions of the manuscripts.
    2) Now that all the texts from the Qumran caves have been published, scholarship on the scrolls proceeds from a very different perspective than before the publication was completed. This scholarship is still in its infancy, and the results of this research will have an impact on related fields, beyond biblical studies and the history of Judaism and Christianity.
    3) Yes, we remain hopeful that more texts will be found.

  • i had been reading about the discovery of the manuscripts some 3 years ago, and am finally glad that these original texts have been put online.... hope the same is done for the NAG HAMADI LABRARY scrolls

  • @Alfred:
    The digitization and uploading of the Nag Hammadi collection is still in progress, but there is already plenty to see on Claremont's site:
    http://ccdl.libraries.clare...

  • It'll also be great if there is an archive for the recently discovered Afghan Genziah. Keep it up :)

  • MUITO BOM TER  ACESSO A ESTE MATERIAL 
    INSPIRADO POR NOSSO PAI  E NOSSO SALVADOR.

  • O QUE SIGNIFICA ESTA PALAVRA QUE APARECE VARIAS VEZES NESTE TEXTO