The Dead Sea Scans
Once I had accepted employment at Cynergy Systems in the US, I visited San Diego for a week to try and get a sense of what it would be like to live in America. While I was there I found out that the Dead Sea Scrolls, those ancient Jewish manuscripts found in the caves at Qumran, were currently on display in the Natural History Museum. It was quite a special moment to be standing in front of the oldest manuscript of the Prophet Isaiah and this encounter began to foster within me a desire to learn the original languages of the Scriptures.
Last month I read that, thanks to Google, there are now available five high-resolution scans of the scrolls:
If you would like to know more about the Dead Sea Scrolls and their contribution to our understanding of the Bible, I would encourage you to listen to the talk on this subject given by Sebastian Carnazzo at the Institute of Catholic Culture.
The Catholic Faith has always sought to express itself through art and music to communicate its beauty. Even at times when my theology wasn’t exactly Catholic, I remember being drawn to certain pieces of Catholic music such as 
Saw this. Thought it was pretty cool.