09-07-2019, 07:33 PM
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world...95586.html
One of the best preserved texts in the Dead Sea scrolls has prompted further mystery after a study into the document found chemicals from outside the region had been used to preserve it.
The first of the Dead Sea scrolls, a collection of ancient Jewish texts predominantly written in Hebrew, were found in 1947 by Bedouin shepherds looking for a lost sheep.
The discovery prompted years of archaeological work in 11 caves surrounding the salt lake, and unearthed some of the most well-preserved ancient texts ever found.
The Temple scroll is the among the largest and best preserved of the 900 texts discovered in jars around the region, unfurling to a length of more than eight metres. It describes an unbuilt Jewish temple as well as regulations on sacrifices and temple practices.
However, a study carried by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has revealed that the text is preserved by minerals that cannot be found in the surrounding area – leading to questions over where and how the ancient text was produced.
Well, I don't think there's enough evidence here to throw the authenticity of this scroll into question: the study that this preservative was uncommon in the Dead Sea area, but that doesn't mean it was unheard of.
Still, it raises an interesting question: why did they choose this specific chemical?
One of the best preserved texts in the Dead Sea scrolls has prompted further mystery after a study into the document found chemicals from outside the region had been used to preserve it.
The first of the Dead Sea scrolls, a collection of ancient Jewish texts predominantly written in Hebrew, were found in 1947 by Bedouin shepherds looking for a lost sheep.
The discovery prompted years of archaeological work in 11 caves surrounding the salt lake, and unearthed some of the most well-preserved ancient texts ever found.
The Temple scroll is the among the largest and best preserved of the 900 texts discovered in jars around the region, unfurling to a length of more than eight metres. It describes an unbuilt Jewish temple as well as regulations on sacrifices and temple practices.
However, a study carried by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has revealed that the text is preserved by minerals that cannot be found in the surrounding area – leading to questions over where and how the ancient text was produced.
Well, I don't think there's enough evidence here to throw the authenticity of this scroll into question: the study that this preservative was uncommon in the Dead Sea area, but that doesn't mean it was unheard of.
Still, it raises an interesting question: why did they choose this specific chemical?
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