The Essene Hypothesis Ancient Hebrew scrolls that were accidentally discovered in 1947 by a Bedouin boy have stirred up popular enthusiasm as well as scholarly interest over the past half-century. The source of this excitement is what these Dead Sea Scrolls reveal about the history of the Second Temple period (520 BCE-70 CE), particularly from the second century BCE until the destruction of the Second Temple in 70. The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls caused intense controversy …showed first 75 words of 1537 total…

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