The well-known scholarly publisher, Brill, recently released notice of a new article about Dead Sea Scroll forgeries. From their website: The findings of false fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls have been all over the media  recently: collectors have purchased modern...
Dead Sea Scrolls
The “Book of Og”
I recently got an email requesting that I comment on something called “The Book of Og.” I’m not sure what is being claimed about this book. You can be sure, though, that this book is NOT a book that goes back to the biblical period (i.e., the OT time...
Congratulations to Randall Price on Discovering a New Qumran Cave
If you listened to my ETS interview with Randall last November, there were inklings of this in between the lines. News was recently announced about the new Cave 12. Read it here.
A Word about the Angel Scroll
I’ve gotten a couple questions recently about the Angel Scroll. It seems a fair number of people out there think it’s real. If that’s you, get ready to be disappointed. For those who don’t know what I’m talking about, over ten years ago...
High Resolution Images of Dead Sea Scrolls Now Online
Pretty cool. Over 5,000 high resolution images of the scrolls are now available online. This is an awesome site for scrolls research in general, too. Enjoy!
Fragments of the Book of Nehemiah Found in Qumran Cave 4 Material
Everyone knows that no portion of Esther and Nehemiah were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls . . . until now .
Digital Dead Sea Scrolls Online
Pretty cool – high resolution images of several of the most important scrolls are now online for free viewing / reading as part of the The Digital Dead Seas Scrolls project .
Dead Sea Scroll Conspiracy Dies — Again
The first time was a few years after the scrolls were discovered when, contrary to nitwits like Baigent and Leigh (“The Dead Sea Scrolls Deception”), the scrolls began to be published. (For an account of the publishing history of the scrolls — other...
Apologetics and the Dead Sea Scrolls
I have to say I can identify with this post , though I’d skip the scatological language in his assessment. Still, it sums up the typical “interest trajectory” you’ll see with the scrolls. By the way, if you want to be exposed to the worst (most...