EVER SINCE the Useless Sea Scrolls had been found by Bedouin shepherds within the Forties, debate has raged over their precise age. The scrolls, which comprise the earliest surviving copies of books from the Hebrew Bible and different non secular texts, principally written in Aramaic and Hebrew, are thought to have been compiled someday between 300BC and 200AD. Relationship every of the 1,000-odd particular person scrolls would assist historians perceive how literacy unfold amongst historical Jewish populations and the primary Christians, and provide a useful window into the genesis of the sacred texts. However students hoping to take action have had little however their very own instinct to depend on.
