Comments on: Who was the only man who translated the Dead Sea Scrolls was not a Catholic priest?

By: erekose_

erekose_ — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:23:40 +0000

That was John M. Allegro, I have his book on the subject, a little "out there", but a revelation nonetheless.

By: Snout

Snout — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:23:40 +0000

Lew's all right. The Dead Sea Scrolls date from 200 BC C. the EC in the early 1.
Although some may have been a contemporary of Jesus, do not mention it. They provide a valuable record of the Second Temple Jewish subculture ascetic, not a "worship the sun, eating mushrooms, fertility cult,
Some texts are from the Hebrew Bible and the texts are very similar to later versions. This is not surprising: most biblical scholars agree that the major Hebrew texts were set by about 400 BC.

By: A

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:23:40 +0000

1. The Dead Sea Scrolls include hundreds of fragments of texts. Very few have undertaken to translate completely. Among those who have translated the specific texts, you will find many priests and not non-Catholics.
2. No Catholic conspiracy to silence the Dead Sea Scrolls.
3. I do not know of any scholar who questions the historicity of Jesus, and I see no reason to.
4. The investigator who spoke on the Magic Mushroom is John Allegro, and this is a sorry chapter of the biography of a noted pioneer of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

By: Pirate AM™

Pirate AM™ — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:23:40 +0000

I'd say you have no idea of the history of the Dead Sea Scrolls, or the various disputes over the ownership of them.
This does not mean that there is still an ongoing effort to match up pieces before they can be translated.
Edit:
The claims are a dime a dozen. There maybe a very thin connection between Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls writers, but this is debatable at best extermely.

By: Last Ent Wife (RCIA)

Last Ent Wife (RCIA) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:23:40 +0000

Hello. I do not know where you get your information, but the Dead Sea Scrolls certainly do not prove the existence of Christ. That was written long before his birth on Earth.
I have to see the Dead Sea Scrolls while on tour at the Science Museum in Seattle. They contain many books of the Old Testament and what they do for Christians is proof that the texts we have today are the same as the texts it was then.
Thank you and have a beautiful day.
EDIT - If there are Christians who are claiming the Dead Sea Scrolls contain the proof of the existence of Christ, then they are ignorant of the facts and history.

By: Jana11

Jana11 — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:23:40 +0000

Jerry Garcia?

By: Pathofre

Pathofre — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:23:40 +0000

Last wife ent
"It contains many books of the Old Testament and what they do for Christians is proof that the texts we have today are the same texts that were then"
This statement is false
If anything the Dead Sea scrolls show that many people thought they were working under the "divine plan" of their god who wrote many different stories. These stories are Gnostic and apocryphal. The scrolls represent many points of view and different opinions. They are very different from what we read today.

By: cheerful charles

cheerful charles — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:23:40 +0000

For over 30 years of facsimiles of the scrolls were released only to persons who are deemed reliable, but are now generally available to scholars.
A large value of the discovery is that many texts are the first parts of the Hebrew Bible (what Christians call the Old Testament). The great value of others is the light they shed on the Jewish state in the period up to the ministry of Jesus. Despite much speculation that propve or disprove the existence of Chtist.

By: Matty V

Matty V — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:23:40 +0000

His name was John Allegro, but only because he challenged the commonly accepted thinking it does right. However, they do it very interesting.