Scholar Claims Dead Sea Scrolls 'Authors' Never Existed

[snopes]

Biblical scholars have long argued that the Dead Sea Scrolls were the work of an ascetic and celibate Jewish community known as the Essenes, which flourished in the 1st century A.D. in the scorching desert canyons near the Dead Sea. Now a prominent Israeli scholar, Rachel Elior, disputes that the Essenes ever existed at all - a claim that has shaken the bedrock of biblical scholarship.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/2009031...08599188542100

[Skeptic]

Wow, biblical scholars disagreeing. Who would have thought it could happen.

[Emily]

Originally Posted by snopes

Biblical scholars have long argued that the Dead Sea Scrolls were the work of an ascetic and celibate Jewish community known as the Essenes, which flourished in the 1st century A.D. in the scorching desert canyons near the Dead Sea. Now a prominent Israeli scholar, Rachel Elior, disputes that the Essenes ever existed at all - a claim that has shaken the bedrock of biblical scholarship.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/2009031...08599188542100

Fascinating! Thanks so much for this info.

[Ali Infree]

So, the scrolls were from dissident group of Jewish priests from the 2nd century BC who took their library with them.
And kept writing? Are all the scrolls that old?

Where is the proof for her assertion about the sons of Zadok? This means that the scrolls have a genuine Jewish origin but one different from the Essene movement, which may not have existed.

Could be interesting to see. Next, you will be telling me that someone edited the Old Testament together from a couple of separate versions.


Ali "what about the settlement, just a spa?" Infree