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Reply to comment by JustPussyPics in Deciphering ancient texts with modern tools, Michael Langlois challenges what we know about the Dead Sea Scrolls and biblical archaeology by MeatballDom
This comment slices deep; guess I should go unload the dishwasher now and prep the lunches for tomorrow.
VarsH6 t1_j3pl8tv wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Deciphering ancient texts with modern tools, Michael Langlois challenges what we know about the Dead Sea Scrolls and biblical archaeology by MeatballDom
This is going over the Dead Sea scrolls, not the Bible itself.
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Physical_Magazine_33 t1_j3pjaiz wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Deciphering ancient texts with modern tools, Michael Langlois challenges what we know about the Dead Sea Scrolls and biblical archaeology by MeatballDom
Check out the Wikipedia article for Biblical Archeology. Then compare it to, say, Mormon Archeology.
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hullgreebles t1_j3piaiw wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Deciphering ancient texts with modern tools, Michael Langlois challenges what we know about the Dead Sea Scrolls and biblical archaeology by MeatballDom
Made up or not, all ancient texts tell us a lot about the people who wrote it and the world they lived in. You can take your edgy teen act to r/Atheism
HoduranB t1_j3pi93s wrote
Reply to comment by theSiegs in Deciphering ancient texts with modern tools, Michael Langlois challenges what we know about the Dead Sea Scrolls and biblical archaeology by MeatballDom
Jewish history is Christian history. The religions diverged on the basis of who the Jewish Messiah is.
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MikeMaven t1_j3pgysx wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Deciphering ancient texts with modern tools, Michael Langlois challenges what we know about the Dead Sea Scrolls and biblical archaeology by MeatballDom
Actually, there is a considerable amount of textual criticism that has been done with The Iliad, The Odyssey, and all the existing Ancient Greek literature—-which includes everything from Athenian politics to Zeus and the gods.
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Reply to comment by BigWuffleton in Deciphering ancient texts with modern tools, Michael Langlois challenges what we know about the Dead Sea Scrolls and biblical archaeology by MeatballDom
Also, this is Jewish history.
JustPussyPics t1_j3pe5r2 wrote
Reply to comment by thothbaboon in Deciphering ancient texts with modern tools, Michael Langlois challenges what we know about the Dead Sea Scrolls and biblical archaeology by MeatballDom
Here I am, an exhausted family man with crushing responsibilities, in a home in constant need of cleaning and tending of which I am far behind. And these little quick Reddit scrolls intended for a couple-minute mental break turn into hour-long benders into archeological studies. (sigh)
BigWuffleton t1_j3pe41h wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Deciphering ancient texts with modern tools, Michael Langlois challenges what we know about the Dead Sea Scrolls and biblical archaeology by MeatballDom
Like it or not, Christianity has been a large influence on European/Western history and is therefore important to study how/if it changed over time and how different interpretations were used and carried into practice.
pm_nachos_n_tacos t1_j3pe1vi wrote
Reply to comment by gdsmithtx in Deciphering ancient texts with modern tools, Michael Langlois challenges what we know about the Dead Sea Scrolls and biblical archaeology by MeatballDom
Not the person you replied to but basically some people think that the Essene writings (rules) found at the site are of a smaller separate Damascus faction who called themselves Essenes but aren't actually related to the local Essene community that everyone knew.
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Reply to comment by DaddyCatALSO in Deciphering ancient texts with modern tools, Michael Langlois challenges what we know about the Dead Sea Scrolls and biblical archaeology by MeatballDom
Could you please rephrase the portion in the parentheses? It’s incomprehensible as it stands. At least to me.
DaddyCatALSO t1_j3paysz wrote
Reply to Deciphering ancient texts with modern tools, Michael Langlois challenges what we know about the Dead Sea Scrolls and biblical archaeology by MeatballDom
Important to remember this applies to a portion of the Dead Sea Scrolls. (And the Essene rule foudn there is regarded by some as not the rule of th e local Essenes but of a Damascus Essene community.)
waltonics t1_j3po65j wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Deciphering ancient texts with modern tools, Michael Langlois challenges what we know about the Dead Sea Scrolls and biblical archaeology by MeatballDom
You should read up on this if you are interested. The idea that the first council of nicea chose what books were canon is a myth.
Quick edit to suggest Bart Ehrman as a good source of early Christianity and textual criticism articles