I like watching these programs about archeology when my brain needs a break. In any case, the algorithm suggested this one yesterday, and it is kind of topical. First of all, it is about the almost fabled find of the Dead Sea scrolls in the late 20th Century. 'Dasting purely for the origins of Christianity, if anything else.
The presenter has me breaking out in MI6 vibes, though. Given the main-streamy source of funding for this series, that is to be expected. His contacts are wide and deep. In another program about Ancient Afghanistan, he ends up travelling through mined areas, has armed escorts, and talks to tribes in the hinterlands. In any case, this particular OP video is interesting because:
the narrative is critical of the Rothschild-funded researchers who first unrolled the scrolls. They were cavalier and un-scientific and the poor scrolls suffered quite some degradation - that includes bags of fragments that are too small to match into pages. So, that's interesting because it seems that the romance with the Rothschilds is waning.
Topical to this forum, there is a hint of a current um-covering of lies (or academic mis-truths). A female researcher smilingly talks of over-turning the standard narrative about the scrolls, by matching the DNA of the parchments (mostly goat-skin but also Ibex). What previous researchers did, was to match the fragments via content analysis of the words, or handwriting styles, they found written on the fragments). So, it was a bit like having a bag of words, and pulling them together in an artistic arrangement to call it a 'page'. Nonsense, really, but well-funded by the Israeli government (i.e. British royals); intelligence agencies, no doubt; and the Rothschild foundation. Ideal for making up a wild story, would you not agree?
the evidence of a digital revolution, where lots of pepes are now beginning to scratch the surface of what happened to the Essene community, from whence purportedly, John the Baptist hailed.
the story of the Romans, who went in and murdered everybody in the town, because they did not 'submit to Roman rule' - which is horrifyingly similar to what is now happening in Gaza.
It made me think that the Roman empire-building never went away. I mean this whole fourth Reich eagle-emblem, and the idea that one can cleanse the earth of wrong-thinkers.
The Dead Sea Scrolls, also called the Qumran Scrolls are touted all too often as definitive proof. Yet, what people don't realize is that there are portions of the Qumran Scrolls withheld from public viewing. I don't put a lot of emphasis on them. However, I do understand that what is available provides more authenticity to the Septuagint (circa 265 BC) than the Masoretic Text (`circa 1000 AD).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v118glhUCj8
I like watching these programs about archeology when my brain needs a break. In any case, the algorithm suggested this one yesterday, and it is kind of topical. First of all, it is about the almost fabled find of the Dead Sea scrolls in the late 20th Century. 'Dasting purely for the origins of Christianity, if anything else.
The presenter has me breaking out in MI6 vibes, though. Given the main-streamy source of funding for this series, that is to be expected. His contacts are wide and deep. In another program about Ancient Afghanistan, he ends up travelling through mined areas, has armed escorts, and talks to tribes in the hinterlands. In any case, this particular OP video is interesting because:
the narrative is critical of the Rothschild-funded researchers who first unrolled the scrolls. They were cavalier and un-scientific and the poor scrolls suffered quite some degradation - that includes bags of fragments that are too small to match into pages. So, that's interesting because it seems that the romance with the Rothschilds is waning.
Topical to this forum, there is a hint of a current um-covering of lies (or academic mis-truths). A female researcher smilingly talks of over-turning the standard narrative about the scrolls, by matching the DNA of the parchments (mostly goat-skin but also Ibex). What previous researchers did, was to match the fragments via content analysis of the words, or handwriting styles, they found written on the fragments). So, it was a bit like having a bag of words, and pulling them together in an artistic arrangement to call it a 'page'. Nonsense, really, but well-funded by the Israeli government (i.e. British royals); intelligence agencies, no doubt; and the Rothschild foundation. Ideal for making up a wild story, would you not agree?
the evidence of a digital revolution, where lots of pepes are now beginning to scratch the surface of what happened to the Essene community, from whence purportedly, John the Baptist hailed.
the story of the Romans, who went in and murdered everybody in the town, because they did not 'submit to Roman rule' - which is horrifyingly similar to what is now happening in Gaza.
It made me think that the Roman empire-building never went away. I mean this whole fourth Reich eagle-emblem, and the idea that one can cleanse the earth of wrong-thinkers.
The Dead Sea Scrolls, also called the Qumran Scrolls are touted all too often as definitive proof. Yet, what people don't realize is that there are portions of the Qumran Scrolls withheld from public viewing. I don't put a lot of emphasis on them. However, I do understand that what is available provides more authenticity to the Septuagint (circa 265 BC) than the Masoretic Text (`circa 1000 AD).