Christian/Religion Studies

The Dead Sea Scrolls:

The Dead Sea Scrolls - a boy from the Bedouin tribe was herding goats at the northwest end of the Dead Sea. The story goes that a goat wandered into a cave and had decided to take refuge there. The Bedouin boy threw a stone into the cave while trying to find the goat, and upon hearing the sound of breaking pottery, which he wouldn't have expected, he went into the cave to investigate the sound. He found several jars containing different manuscripts that were wrapped in cloth. This is how the famous and historically important Dead Sea Scrolls were found. There has been much excitement and guesswork about these scrolls and the excitement is due to the importance of this accidental find. For example one of the manuscripts was a copy of Isaiah that was almost 1000 years older than any previously known. There was a commentary of Habakkuk and more. So you can understand the importance of this historical find and how it would be important to Christians, historians and many others. Many more manuscripts were found in other caves around that area.