Dead Sea Scrolls: In a world of hype, the real deal

Article by: JEFF STRICKLER , Star Tribune
Updated: March 12, 2010 - 9:48 AM

In a culture that has grown numb to exaggeration, experts reach for ways to drive home the exhibit's significance.

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landry1Mar. 11, 10 8:14 PM

But I'm sure glad that the most definitive source, the Strib is enlightening us.

notmetooMar. 11, 10 8:14 PM

How ironic, your choice of "huge" to describe the headlines. lol

johnbaranickMar. 11, 10 8:40 PM

As in seeing a couple of scraps of papyrus locked in a big glass case? Woohoo! Not. Yes, I understand their 'importance', but really, that's like bringing a one foot block of stone from an Egyptian pyramid with a few hierglyphics on it as opposed to the King Tut exhibit.

melvinMar. 11, 10 9:00 PM

are the foundation of much of our prejudices today.

HbillwayMar. 11, 10 9:38 PM

I don't ascribe to any particular religion but to say these are anything but amazing is to deny the significance of the impact that the Abrahamic religions have had throughout history. I agree that they are at the heart of prejudice but they are also the soul of our western society. They are neither all good nor all bad. BTW: Islam reveres these writings as well.

kelhoundMar. 11, 1010:46 PM

...and it's quite impressive. These scroll fragments represent the basis of our legal system and societal norms. And it's pretty cool to see things that survived 2,000 years in caves along the Dead Sea.

ammunraMar. 11, 1011:43 PM

Not to in any way belittle the monumental importance that the Dead Sea Scrolls represent, I'm frankly amazed they survived after all this time.

woadhylMar. 12, 10 5:07 AM

They are? So you've read them? So are you saying that without the dead sea scrolls, there would be no prejudices today? That there were none before the scrolls? Or are you just spouting your own theophobic rhetoric?

LinganoreMar. 12, 10 7:27 AM

I think the scrolls quite simply make you decide whether what you read in the Bible is what you believe in or not what you believe in. For me, I'd rather believe in the Word and then when I die if I should find out I was wrong, so be it. I prefer that to not believing in the Word and then when I die find out that that was wrong. Secularists seem to have faith that they know everything about everything, I have my doubts as to their surety.

annwaltnerMar. 12, 10 7:31 AM

Alex Jassen will speak on the topic "What are https://events.umn.edu/002722the Dead Sea Scrolls and Why do they Matter?" at the Institute for Advanced Study at the U of M on Wednesday, March 24 at 4 p.m. The talk will be in 125 Nolte Center (next to the Bell Museum). Free and open to the public. For more information, see https://events.umn.edu/002722