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Giving Bible readers what God said not what translators think God meant
The Essenes were a Jewish sect that lived in Palestine during the time of the Second Temple period, from about 200 BCE to 70 CE. They are known for their strict observance of Jewish law and their focus on spiritual purity.
Contrary to the cover-up theorists, after the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered, numerous publications were released over the years that made those first finds accessible to scholars worldwide.
In the spring of 1947, a Bedouin shepherd threw a stone into a cave, marking an event that would be heard around the world, making the name “Dead Sea Scrolls” more known than any other associated with archaeology.
The Dead Sea Scrolls are perhaps the greatest archaeological discovery of the present century. The seven scrolls were found by a Bedouin in a cave near the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea, in 1947.