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Dead Sea Scrolls - Unraveling The Mystery | 
 enlarge | Director: Curtis Briggs
Studio: Live / Artisan
Category: Video
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 66688
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Ntsc
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 60 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 0784015147
UPC: 012236105954
EAN: 9780784015148
ASIN: 0784015147
Theatrical Release Date: November 9, 1998
Release Date: June 27, 2000
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
This beautifully photographed documentary coproduced by Discovery Channel presents an insightful look at ongoing scientific inquiry into the mysterious scrolls discovered hidden in clay jars in desert caves near Qumran, on the shores of the Dead Sea, in 1947. The scrolls were a sensation upon their discovery, and over the decades they have been the subject of conspiracy theories, as some have suggested that their contents might have been censored if they disputed commonly accepted ideas about Christianity. Scholars are profiled, the people who have labored to transcribe the scrolls, as well as to understand the lives of the mysterious "Sons of Light," the desert sect whose members are believed to have written them. What emerges is a portrait of serious scholars who are using the latest in computer technology to scan the scrolls and make the contents available to the public. Surprisingly, the location of where the scrolls were originally written is called into question by scientists who have tested some of the parchment and discovered that it's actually made from the skin of cows, animals that were probably not kept near the Dead Sea. This is a lively yet serious look at how innovative science can probe mysteries of some of the most amazing artifacts ever found. --Robert J. McNamara
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| Customer Reviews:
Not the best Dead Sea Scrolls video November 2, 2000
Thomas D. Kehoe (Boulder, CO USA)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
In a class I saw a fascinating 2-hour Discovery Channel video about what the Dead Sea Scrolls say -- competing cults attacking each other, destroying each others' sacred documents, turning myths into stories of real events and real events into myths, all shedding insights into the origins of the New Testament. I mistakenly bought this video instead. This video is 50 minutes about students from Brigham Young University trying various high-tech stuff at the Qumran archeological site. Analyzing the jars, and discovering that the clay came from the area where the jars were found. Gee, wow. This tape is boring. There is nothing on this video about what the Dead Sea Scrolls say.
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Review by Thomas David Kehoe...
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