Who use the dead sea scrolls?

Answer 1

Theologians and theological students mostly. They have historical and linguistic uses as well.

In someways, the Dead Sea scrolls are analogous to some future historian sifting through the rubble of an ancient America after a couple of nuclear wars had trashed it and it was just then again getting safe to dig around in. The future-archeologist is digging around at some burned out building outside Waco, Texas and runs across some prophetic writings by someone named Koresh with a group enigmatically called the Branch Davidians.

These scrolls were saved because the Romans were going to destroy a Jewish cult's world. What we have are samples of what they wrote about what they believed and how they lived it. What they also saved were some of the best and oldest copies of some of the Old Testament, their Bible.

Years ago, historians and theologians concluded that during the days of Jesus and its surroundings, the Hebrew language disappeared and the locals only knew Aramaic, besides those that knew Greek for their trade in that part of the world, or those that knew Latin for their dealings with the Romans. The Dead Sea scrolls show piles of writings and precious little was in Aramaic, the rest was in Greek or, gasp!, Hebrew.

People can now compare the current Bible texts to the parts that the Dead Sea scrolls preserved to see what was likely the standard text in that ancient time. This clears up a question here or there where other ancient texts have fuzzy or obscure parts here and there in old and deteriorated relics.

I have a friend that did some work for his doctorate making part of a concordance of the odd fragments that were hard to piece together, which then helped find a pattern to reassemble some of the old scroll documents when no one knew which parts fit where.

Answer 2

Bible scholars and students.

In the Beginning God created heavens and earth.
God gives you air to breathe and sunshine to enjoy.
God gives you water to drink and food to eat.
God gives you a wonderful body and sound mind, to live.
God loves you, and you are precious to Him.
Son of God died on the Cross to save us from condemnation.
Jesus’ love is boundless and everlasting.
We have the hope of Heaven through Jesus.
Life therefore has fantastic and glorious future!

Answer 3

Do you mean who "uses" presently, or who "used," as in the historical basis and origin?

Answer 4

I do. Why do you ask?