Qumran is a small settlement on the west shore of the Dead Sea. The Dead Sea Scrolls were found nearby. The archaeology of this settlement sheds light on the Jewish community that lived here and how ...

that the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered at the site known as Khirbet Qumran. The Scrolls were discovered, according to the story that, now, many people know, of a shepherd boy wandering along ...

As the ancient Dead Sea scrolls from Qumran were brought with great care to museums, where they were carefully un-scrolled by ...

Seen here as a gap high up in the cliffs of Qumran National Park in the West Bank, Cave 4 was the “mother lode” of Dead Sea Scrolls. Bedouin working at the Qumran excavations discovered the ...

Dr. Sam Thomas has worked as a professor of theology at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks for 18 years, but he ...

The Dead Sea is also close to historical and religious sites, such as Masada, Qumran (where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found), and the Baptism Site of Jesus on the Jordan River. Super Salty Water ...

The Dead Sea Scrolls that were discovered in 1947 included many ancient Jewish prayers that had never been known before. Much of my early work has focused on the Jewish prayers known as the ...

that the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered at the site known as Khirbet Qumran. The Scrolls were discovered, according to the story that, now, many people know, of a shepherd boy wandering along ...