Web project brings the Dead Sea Scrolls to life, and more

English translations of the Dead Sea Scrolls can now be viewed on the Internet.

Web project brings the Dead Sea Scrolls to life

You no longer have to be a scholar to pore over the ancient texts of the Dead Sea Scrolls, thanks to an innovative Web project. Although the scrolls were written in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek some 2,000 years ago, visitors can now view them in English translation by hovering their computer cursors over digital scans of the text on the website of the Israel Museum. The parchment and animal-skin scrolls, discovered in 1947, contain the Book of Isaiah and details of God’s instructions to Moses.

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