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Reviving the Dead Sea Scrolls

Good article , More evidence to the truthfulness of
the Word of God.

Well, it is about time the world had access to these records. There have been books out about these scrolls for years. Thirty years ago LDS scholars were studying them and lecturing besides finding many similarities with the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ. How far away is the (timing)technology going to be online? Will it be as it is copied or at the end of five years? I glanced at the article and wasn't clear on it in my excitement that the religions that suppressed these scrolls are no longer influential to avert the doctrine waiting to be shared. I will watch for them with anticipation to study the finding's resurrection more or less.

There is NO connection between the Dead Sea scrolls and the Book of Mormon!!!!

Hey anonymous at 1:53am - What are you so afraid of, the truth being exposed???

Great that they will be making these documents available to the public.

But unless they are going to provide an english translation it would not seem useful or beneficial to the general public.

Some of the danger in opening up the scrolls to the public, is in translation. There will be many different translations, and many different arguments about which one is the true intent of the author. I am in favor of the pubic having access to the scroll data though. That it took almost 60 years to get to this point in time is the tragedy, as selfish scholars doing the translating decided that they had publication rights to what they had been paid to translate, and kept the information to themselves. Thanks to the efforts of men like Hershel Shanks of Biblical Archeology Magazine, and the Israeli Antiquities Authority, these documents have been set free for all to enjoy. The Dead Sea Scroll and Qumram story is a fascinating read.
Evidence of the word of God? No, just evidence that man wrote, and an organized religion existed

There have been no "religions who supressed these scrolls". Their fragile condition has been the cause for access by only limited scholars. No one has been denied access because of religous affiliation. Please, once and for all, stop with the conspiracy theories. No one is trying to suppress anything! Please appreciate the Scrolls for what they are...a wonderful archaelogical artifact from the 1st Century BCE.

dabolamorris | 7:14 may have a point...

There actually ARE a few connections between the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Book of Mormon. Both are works of fiction that use fear to control the thoughts and actions of people. Oh, and turn a profit in the process.

And as far as truthfulness to the Restored Gospel, and as Pete points out, if you get the oldest existing manuscripts that use the original Greek for the New Testament, or Hebrew in the OT, and read those documents, you'll find many of the "plain and precious" doctrines that were filtered out over the centuries.

Actually, the Jews were denied access in the beginning. The scrolls were held by the Kingdom of Jordan and they wouldn't allow any Jewish access. When Israel took some territory which included the facility in which the scrolls were being stored, the Jews finally got access.

Also, the Editor in Chief for a long time, was a Catholic who was very anti-semitic and didn't want the Jews to have access. He also was a somewhat disturbed person who sort of thought the scrolls were his own personal property and he wouldn't let other scholars have access. The facility that had photos of the scrolls stored in the U.S. just made the decision to make the text available. That's how other scholars finally got access.

So you see, there was a lot of nastiness and pettiness that went on for a long time. I'm glad that the Scrolls are generally available now for anyone to study.

I agree that there is no direct connection between the B of M and the scrolls. However, they do give additional information than exists in the Old Testament. They prove that more scripture exists than just the accepted canon.

What does BCE stand for?

The Dead Sea Scroll's were kept by the US Government, for how many years?, after they made their way to the State's, plus they were bought from this dealer of old thing's here in the states as well by them, than, when the Government thought "the world would end", they let them go to The American Public / People, perhaps there was a clue in them to ready us for we were about to die. The US Government had them in their hands for over 50 years to. NO MATTER WHAT type of a camera NASA has to pick up light images in faded words, there's still holes and broken pieces and we still can't read between those lines to those missing word's. I get tired of all this hype everytime the name of them are brought up. Plus the wannabe guess quack's on what they think or might say. IF these were tought in Public Schools as a HISTORY lesson is one thing, but the ACLU will not allow that now will they?. So "LET THEM REST IN PEACE", and focus on our future. That's what counts now. Not this crap.

I highly doubt that "anonymous 1:53" has ever read either the Dead Sea Scrolls or the Book of Mormon.

for: just Curious.

B.C.E.
"Before common era." This abbreviation has come to replace the previously used B.C. ("before Christ"), and covers the period of history prior to the birth of Christ.
Thx. for noticing.

The Dead Sea Scrolls are only partly versions of the Bible. Much more, they contain obscure writings of the Essenes.

BCD= Before Common Era

It stands for before common era

BCE = Before Christian Era

Others will say BCE = Before Current Era

To each his own.

There's a connection between the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Book of Mormon - President McCain wrote both to better the American people.