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.

Captain America in the Bible

Okay, pop quiz time, what is the origin of the quotation below?

“We often suffer, but we are never crushed. Even when we don’t know what to do, we never give up.”
– ???

Back in August, to coincide with the anniversary of 9/11, there was an online survey conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of American Bible Society. The survey found that more Americans attributed the above quotation to Captain America, Martin Luther King, and President George W. Bush than to St. Paul.

In total, 63% believed the words came from somewhere other than 2 Corinthians 4:8.

Who says Biblical literacy is down?

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