by Shelley | Mar 23, 2021 | Dead Sea Scrolls
By Shelley Neese By now you have probably heard that March 17th the Israel Antiquities Authority made a stunning announcement that they had discovered dozens of small Dead Sea Scroll fragments. These small pieces of parchment are the first inked scrolls to be found in...
by Shelley | May 27, 2019 | Dead Sea Scrolls
By Shelley Neese— In 1946 or 1947 — no one knows for certain — a Bedouin goatherd nicknamed Muhammad the Wolf led his flock around the cliffs lining the northwest edge of the Dead Sea. As the livestock grazed on sparse vegetation, Muhammad wandered around the...
by Shelley | Mar 9, 2019 | Dead Sea Scrolls
By Shelley Neese Archbishop Mar Samuel, head of the Syrian Orthodox Monastery of St. Mark in Jerusalem, was one of the first to purchase Dead Sea Scrolls off the black market. Unlike the other scroll dealers, Mar Samuel didn’t like dealing directly with Israelis. To...
