what do the scrolls actually mean, do they disprove the bible.
2006-12-21 06:12:32 · 8 answers · asked by Tee W 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It's hard to say....it really depends on 2 things. First, to which religion and second, who exactly wrote them, and why were they stored the way they were.
Little is known about the group that allegedly wrote them. Was is some splinter sect, a scribal school or something else? Were the caves and jars in which the scrolls were found used as a library or as a graveyard (under Jewish law any document that contains a name of God and becomes unusable is buried in a container.)
What these documents do show, at least those portions that are legible is that the hebrew texts of the OT that are currently extant are nearly 100% accurate (fewer that 1 change per 25,000 letters or so...and none that change the meaing). It also contains some previously unknown works and some documents pertaining to the rise of Christianity.
So appears there's something for everyone who cares to look.
2006-12-21 06:23:31 · answer #1 · answered by mzJakes 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Dead Sea Scrolls discovered in 1947 also verify the reliability of the OT manuscripts.
The Dead Sea Scrolls were ancient documents that were hidden in a cave in Israel about 2000 years ago. The scrolls contained many OT books, one of them being Isaiah.
Before the Dead Sea scrolls, the earliest existing manuscript of the OT was dated around 900 A.D. called the Masoretic Text. The Scrolls contained OT documents 1000 years earlier. A comparison between the manuscripts revealed an incredible accuracy of transmission through copying, so much so that critics were silenced.
2006-12-21 14:16:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
No, they are parts of the Bible. They are just scrolls containing the oldest known translation of the Bible.
You may be thinking of the Gnostic gospels. These are stories that were written without the guidance of the Holy Spirit in the 1800's. People now are trying to claim that they are true, to try and "disprove" the bible.
2006-12-21 14:14:04 · answer #3 · answered by i hate hippies but love my Jesus 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The answer to your first question: The Dead Sea Scrolls mean that religion is dead.
The answer to your second question: The scrolls actually proved that the bible we have today is a correct copy and translation of the original manuscripts. They validated the bible we have today.
2006-12-21 14:17:20 · answer #4 · answered by weepingprophet15 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
They were only a ripple in the theological waters. They didn't prove or disprove anything and the hoohah died down about 15 yrs ago.
2006-12-21 14:21:50 · answer #5 · answered by anna 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
This link talks specifically about it.It's not a big page,but it has some interesting info on it.
http://www.evidencebible.com/witnessingtool/deadseascrolls.shtml
2006-12-21 14:15:52 · answer #6 · answered by Derek B 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Verifies and reinforces some books and passages of the OT.
2006-12-21 14:16:35 · answer #7 · answered by Sick Puppy 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
They mean absolutely nothing.
2006-12-21 14:15:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋