will the dead sea scrolls change the thinking of all zealots?

Answer 1

Today, in various libraries of the world, there have been counted and cataloged perhaps 6,000 manuscripts of all or portions of the Hebrew Scriptures. Until recently there were no such manuscripts (except for a few fragments) older than the tenth century C.E. Then, in 1947, in the area of the Dead Sea, there was discovered a scroll of the book of Isaiah, and in subsequent years additional priceless scrolls of the Hebrew Scriptures came to light as caves in the Dead Sea area surrendered rich treasures of manuscripts that had been hidden for nearly 1,900 years. Experts have now dated some of these as having been copied in the last few centuries B.C.E. The comparative study of the approximately 6,000 manuscripts of the Hebrew Scriptures gives a sound basis for establishing the Hebrew text and reveals faithfulness in the transmission of the text.

The dead sea scrolls have just helped to prove that Jehovah
made sure the the bible is still the same as it was 2000 or more years ago and that his name is truelly Jehovah.

Answer 2

Not if the Church of Rome has anything to do with it. They successfully hijacked the materials and sat on it for close to 50 years. Had it not been for John Allegro we, the general world public, might never have known anything that the vatican didn't want us to know.

It's another sordid tale of intrigue in high places. One of the outstanding facets is that no Hebrew/Israeli scholar ( I mean by nationality ) ever sat on the committees that determined how the material would be [processed. As these scrolls are clearly, and unequivocally, of Jewish origin, surely they should have control of the translation, distribution and publication of the texts.

Of course, the Vatican could not allow this, in case, and this did turn out to be the case indeed, it contained any significant material which would put the official Roman dogma in doubt.

The only people who are likely to have their thinking impacted by the Dead Sea Scrolls and /or the Nag Hammadi texts are those with sufficiently open minds.

The Zealots will not be swayed be swayed by truth, they will invoke that old Deceiver ( they say ), Lucifer ( does it ever impact your awareness, zealous ones, that Lucifer, the supposed 'Prince of Darkness', is the angel most clearly identified as the Bringer of Light ? ) and say that anything that contravenes Church dogma is 'heresy', or whatever modern version they use these days.

How they do wallow in their own convoluted words.

Answer 3

No. Why would it be? It was just a discovery of some Old Testament manuscripts, nothing really relevant to Christianity except one part in Isaiah that Jesus quoted, "the dead will rise" which wasn't in any Old Testament manuscripts until the Dead Sea Scrolls were found (the oldest OT manuscripts currently known)

There were no Gnostic texts in the Dead Sea Scrolls, and there were no other fragments of Christian texts. It was Jewish texts.

Answer 4

Despite the claims by Dan Brown in the DaVinci Code, the Dead Sea Scrolls do not mention Jesus, Mary Magdalene or Christianity.

Answer 5

About what? The Dead Sea scrolls give us a lot of information about the sect of the Essenes, I think, but it hasn't really changed my mind about anything. I read the 4th edition of the Dead Sea Scrolls in English translated by Geza Vermes.

Answer 6

In all fairness, why don't you and others go to the Discussion in Islam web page and ask the same question and let the rest of us know the answer to your question. Thanks. Oh it is believed that John he Baptist was of he Essene sect that the Dead Sea scrolls come from. It has given insight to the times and no it would not change my beliefs! Did you know they found something in the Egyptian tombs that was a model airplane and working batteries for lighting, they weren't ignorant or backward.

Answer 7

opened up my eyes a lot...I am what you would consider a zealot probably.

I'm sure atheists will be quick to say NO...unfortunately that may be true. But if they have an honest look at it, they will see how and WHY lots of the Bible was changed.

Basically 2 reasons: to meet needs/religious doctrine of Jews. and Same for Rome.

Study Septuigent for deeper info on it will also help

Answer 8

New information may change the beliefs of nominal Christians. By that I mean people who have no depth in their faith in God and Jesus Christ. Even for such people, the debates surrounding the validity of the texts will suffice to keep them being nominal Christians. However, nothing will move those whose faith is not based on happenstance--those who have discovered God as a real being to who they can personally relate with

Answer 9

Short answer: No!

Longer answer: Not in the slightest, really there are any number of documents, presumed to be from the time period, other than the time period of the gospels regarding religion... Look at the Gospel of Thomas for example.

Answer 10

They have been known of long enough to change anyone if they would have them.Just like what King James had done and others they keep what they like and disregard the rest.