The Dead Sea Scrolls were found nearby. The archaeology of this settlement sheds light on the Jewish community that lived here and how they were connected to the Dead Sea Scrolls. ReligionForBreakfast ...
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 ...
The French scholar Andre Dupont-Sommer, who was not a member of the scroll publication team, sought to draw a direct line between the Dead Sea Scrolls from Qumran and Christianity, arguing that ...
It lies in the Jordan Rift Valley, a region formed by the shifting ... such as Masada, Qumran (where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found), and the Baptism Site of Jesus on the Jordan River.