Decades after the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in desert caves, the ancient manuscripts are still offering surprises. Chemical analysis of the Temple Scroll, the longest of the scrolls, has ...

The ancient Hebrews who created the longest of the Dead Sea Scrolls did so using unique technology that may have helped the parchment survive so well over the last 2,000 years, researchers have ...

Temple Emunah in Lexington recently celebrated the acquisition of a Sefer Haftarot, a hand-inscribed scroll best known for current use in the rite of passage to adulthood. “There are very few such ...

Previously hidden text on fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls is now readable, revealing a possible undiscovered scroll and solving a debate about the sacred Temple Scroll. The discoveries came from a ...

A team of researchers led by MIT's Admir Masic have used a non-invasive technique to determine why one of the famous Dead Sea Scrolls is so well-preserved. The analysis of the 2,000-year-old Temple ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Yigael Yadin has observed that Josephus in his Antiquities (AJ) and the author of the Temple Scroll (TS) of Qumran both present laws of the ...

From a World War II warehouse in Prague to Port St. Lucie, a torah scroll has found a new home at Temple Beth EI Israel. This scroll, which features the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, is one of ...

BEVERLY — A 200-year-old Czech Torah scroll that survived the Holocaust is coming to Beverly on Sunday, welcomed to Temple B'nai Abraham with a final lettering ceremony to mark the completion of its ...

The ancient Dead Sea Scrolls are continuing to provide researchers with surprising insights. A new chemical analysis of the Temple Scroll, the longest of the 2,000-year-old scrolls, has revealed a ...

Temple Emunah in Lexington just celebrated the acquisition of a ‘Sefer Haftarot,’ a hand-inscribed scroll best known for current use in the rite of passage to adulthood. “There are very few such ...