in the dead sea scrolls, they found evidence of diversity of religious through late second temple judaism time period.
in the dead sea scrolls, they found evidence of diversity of religious through late second temple judaism time period.
in the dead sea scrolls, they found evidence of diversity of religious through what time period?
late second temple judaism
the dead sea scrolls (also qumran caves scrolls) are ancient jewish religious manuscripts found in the qumran caves in the judaean desert, near ein feshkha on the northern shore of the dead sea. scholarly consensus dates these scrolls from the last three centuries bce and the first century ce. the texts have great historical, religious, and linguistic significance because they include the second-oldest known surviving manuscripts of works later included in the hebrew bible canon, along with deuterocanonical and extra-biblical manuscripts which preserve evidence of the diversity of religious thought in late second temple judaism. almost all of the dead sea scrolls collection is currently under the ownership of the government of the state of israel, and housed in the shrine of the book on the grounds of the israel museum.
dead sea scrolls
peter w. flint was involved in research of the dead sea scrolls for over 20 years. he was one of the 70 official members of the dead sea scrolls editors worldwide. as the controversy of publishing of the dead sea scrolls escalated, in 1987 he moved from south africa to the university of notre dame in indiana where he took a doctoral fellowship and began to study under eugene ulrich, the chief editor of the biblical dead sea scrolls and one of the central figures of the controversy. in 1997, flint finished publishing the psalms scrolls: the second largest portion of the biblical dead sea scrolls. this publication is full of discoveries providing insights for bible translations, bible study and biblical scholarship. flint was an editor of the largest intact scroll: the great isaiah scroll. he served at trinity western university as a professor of religious studies, the canada research chair in dead sea scrolls studies, and a director of the dead sea scrolls institute. he died on november 3, 2016.
peter flint (religious scholar)