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Digging Up the Dead Sea Scrolls (Episode 10)

September 6, 2020·30 min·2 clips
Archaeologist Sukenik reads ancient Hebrew scrolls as his son announces the UN vote establishing the State of Israel.
This episode narrates the 1947 discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls by a Bedouin boy in the Judean wilderness, tracing their journey through antiquities dealers, scholars like E.L. Sukenik, and eventual acquisition by Israel. It explores the scrolls' contents, authentication debates, and their historical coincidence with the founding of the State of Israel, highlighting ongoing archaeological and scholarly controversies.

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A careful, dramatic account of the Dead Sea Scrolls that treats evidence and controversy as inseparable.

The episode turns a desert goat, a broken jar, and a chain of scholarship into a clear account of evidence, dispute, and historical stakes. Dr.

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