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The Ancients

The Dead Sea Scrolls: Mysteries of Qumran

The Ancients

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4.74.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Part 1/2. Potentially one of the most important archaeological discoveries ever, the Dead Sea Scrolls - also known as the Qumran Scrolls - are a set of Jewish Manuscripts from nearly 2000 years ago. Found in a cave at the edge of the Dead Sea, the scrolls offer value insight into what life was like nearly two millennia ago - but what exactly are these scrolls - and do they tell us anything about a man called Jesus?


In this episode, Tristan welcomes back Dr Jodi Magness from the University of North Carolina, to help us decipher these ancient texts. Looking at what life was like in the archaeological settlement of Qumran, what the remaining architecture and inscriptions tell us about the people who lived there, and explaining what ancient society would've been like - do we know who used the Dead Sea Scrolls, but even more importantly, who created them?


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It's the entrance on history hit our Tristan Hughes your host and in today's episode

1:28.4

While we're talking about one of the most famous archaeological discoveries ever made in the Holy Land

1:35.4

It's a name that you've probably heard of that might not know too much about they're called the Dead Sea Scrolls or the Camaran Scrolls

1:44.4

Discovered in case near the site of Camaran in the Judean desert

1:49.4

But what exactly are these scrolls do they have a link to Jesus and what do we know about the people who use them who created them

1:59.4

Well, you're going to find out in this special two-part episode with the one and only Dr. Jody Magnus from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

2:09.4

Now Jody she is a fan favorite who's been on the pod several times over the years

2:14.4

Talking all things from King Herod to the origins of Jerusalem and her knowledge of the Dead Sea Scrolls

2:21.4

Of the archaeology well, it's insane we talked for well over an hour hence why we're dividing this episode into two

2:29.4

Now in this first part we're going to be exploring the archaeology of nearby Camaran because it is so important for understanding the story behind the Dead Sea Scrolls

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