salt is at the bottom of the dead sea.
salt is at the bottom of the dead sea.
whats at the bottom of the dead sea?
salt
in times of flood, the salt content of the dead sea can drop from its usual 35% to 30% or lower. the dead sea temporarily comes to life in the wake of rainy winters. in 1980, after one such rainy winter, the normally dark blue dead sea turned red. researchers from hebrew university of jerusalem found the dead sea to be teeming with a type of alga called "dunaliella". "dunaliella" in turn nourished carotenoid-containing (red-pigmented) halobacteria, whose presence caused the color change. since 1980, the dead sea basin has been dry and the algae and the bacteria have not returned in measurable numbers.
dead sea
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)