12. Near the caves are the ancient ruins of Qumran. They were excavated in the early 1950's and appear to be connected with the scrolls. 13. The Dead Sea Scrolls were most likely written by the Essenes during the period from about 200 B.C. to 68 C.E./A.D. The Essenes are ment...
a relative ofMary, the mother of Jesus. His formative years were spent in the Judaean desert, where monasticcommunities, such as theEssenes(a strict Jewish sect that existed from about the 2nd centurybceto the end of the 1st centuryce), and individual hermits often educated the young in the...
This monumental discovery was one of the first scrolls recovered. It is one of the only scrolls that was almost entirely intact—which is significant, because it’s about 24 feet long. This particular scroll is estimated to be between about 2,350 and 2,100 years old. It contains all 66 ...
His may have resembled in parts the initiatory baptism of the Essenes, though their other baptisms were more concerned with maintaining their community’s ritual purity. John’s baptism probably symbolized not so much anticipated entrance into the kingdom of God as an anticipatory submission to ...