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Editor’s note: Like "El Dorado," the phrase "Dead Sea Scrolls" has the power to evoke images and emotions even in those who have only a vague idea of what they are, what they say and what they really mean. The phrase is redolent of enigma, intrigue, perhaps even of sacred mysteries. Hovering in the background are images of forbidding deserts, inhospitable caves, and mystics hunched over recopying arcane biblical passages. A closer acquaintance with the scrolls dispels none of these mysteries. First discovered in 1947, these historic and unique documents continue to be studied, translated and interpreted by international researchers. But even so, huge areas of ambiguity and uncertainty remain.In his continuing series, contributing writer and amateur historian W. E. Gutman, who traveled to Israel recently, sets out to answer a number of questions: Who wrote the scrolls and when? What purpose did they serve, and what influence are they having on...
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