Dead Sea Scrolls to go digital on Internet

August 27th, 2008 | by Gary |

Scientists in Israel are taking digital photographs of the Dead Sea Scrolls with the aim of making the 2,000-year-old documents available to the public and researchers on the Internet.

Israel Antiquities Authority, the custodian of the scrolls that shed light on the life of Jews and early Christians at the time of Jesus, said on Wednesday it would take more than two years to complete the project.

Read more here: Dead Sea Scrolls to go digital on Internet - Yahoo! News

One Response to “Dead Sea Scrolls to go digital on Internet”

  1. By Yaaqov on Jan 24, 2009

    I would like to invite you to a new Dead Sea Scrolls study group online.

    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StudyingScriptures/

    I have collected all the Scrolls I can find, and have created a study website for people interested in these Scrolls. You can make comments, ask questions, and answer other peoples questions, even make some new friends.

    http://www.skipstanley.com

    Come join today, it’s free!:)

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