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Ancient Scriptures
Part III: The Dead Sea Scrolls
This section explores the discovery and significance of the Dead Sea Scrolls, ancient manuscripts found in the Judean Desert near the ruins of Qumran, a settlement inhabited by a Jewish sect called the Essenes. It details their meticulous copying of Scripture, their eventual disappearance during the Roman invasion in 68 CE, and the 1947 discovery that unveiled over 100,000 fragments of biblical and religious texts. The content highlights the extraordinary accuracy of these manuscripts—particularly the Great Isaiah Scroll—in confirming the reliability of the Hebrew Bible. It also explains how the scrolls have influenced modern translations, shed light on Jewish life and theology during the Second Temple period, and raised hopes for future discoveries that could further illuminate the story of the Bible’s preservation.
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Part ll: Hebrew Scriptures
This exhibit explores the remarkable journey of the Bible from its ancient origins to the present day, highlighting the extraordinary efforts to preserve and transmit its sacred texts. Beginning with the meticulous work of Jewish scribes in copying the Hebrew Scriptures, it moves through the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls—offering archaeological confirmation of their accuracy—and concludes with the New Testament’s transmission in Koine Greek. The exhibit demonstrates the enduring reliability and significance of the biblical text across centuries and cultures through historical insight and archaeological evidence.
Ideas, books, and people come and go, but the Bible and the truth it contains is for all time. That is why the Bible is a living Book and can be trusted for its advice and direction and knowledge of God at the beginning of the twenty-first century just as much as it could be trusted by first-century Christians. God has given us a message that is not only for past times and this time, but for all time.
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Billy Graham