. . . how well-respected are the theories of Eisenman, Allegro, Thiering, and Baigent & Leigh concerning the Dead Sea Scrolls?

MSN Encarta - Dead Sea Scrolls
Introduction; Discovery and Exploration; Contents of the Scrolls; Historical Import; Significance for Biblical Scholars.

Basic Facts Regarding the Dead Sea Scrolls
The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered between 1947-1956 in 11 caves (5 by Beduin; 6 by archaeologists) on the upper northwest shore of the Dead Sea. The area is 13 miles east of Jerusalem, and is -1300 ft. below sea level ...

Scrolls From The Dead Sea
The exhibition Scrolls From the Dead Sea: The Ancient Library of Qumran and Modern Scholarship brings before the American people a selection from the scrolls which have been the subject of intense public interest.

Scrolls From The Dead Sea
Over the years questions have be en raised about the scrolls' authenticity, about the people who hid them away, about the period in which they lived, about the secrets the scrolls reveal, and about the intentions of the scrolls' custodians in restricting access.

Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls
News Articles On The Scrolls

Dead Sea Scrolls and Qumran
In the less than three years since work on this site began, many new and interesting works have appeared in print and the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) has finally gotten the members of the International Editorial Team into high gear. The official publications are now coming into print at a "breakneck" pace.

The Dead Sea Scrolls
On-Line Texts Related to Biblical Study
On-Line Primary Literature
Related to ancient Near Eastern religions, Hellenistic Mediterranian religions and Biblical Study.

Dead Sea Scrolls
It was in 1947 when the first Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered, with most of them found between 1951 and 1956. Believe it or not, the general public has little knowledge of what has been called the most important discovery ever in the field of biblical archaeology.

Century One Foundation
Some of the Scrolls that were found in jars have come down to us in suprisingly good condition. But time has taken its toll on the texts. Some are beginning to fade and worse still, some have liquified due to natural chemical actions.
25 Fascinating Facts About the Dead Sea Scrolls
About the discovery at Qumran.

The Dead Sea Scrolls Project
The Dead Sea Scrolls Project was established by the Oriental Institute during the months that followed the freeing of the scrolls (autumn 1991).

The Dead Sea Scrolls Foundation

Lycos Infoplease - Kid's Almanac
Dead Sea Scrolls
Dead Sea Scrolls, ancient leather and papyrus scrolls first discovered in 1947 in caves on the NW shore of the Dead Sea.
Discovery of the Scrolls
On the fiftieth anniversary of their discovery, the scrolls remain a mystery.

Dead Sea Scrolls - Threat To Christianity?
Among others, W. F. Albright, a rightly esteemed scholar, did not say it openly, but left the impression at a meeting of the American Philological Association in Washington, that the scrolls might damage Christianity.

Dead Sea Scrolls - Alive on Computer
A team of biblical scholars and computer experts from Brigham Young University has created a new computer program that will give scholars from all over the world access to the ancient Dead Sea scrolls.

LC Collections Enrich Dead Sea Scrolls Exhibit
The LC materials have been used to highlight a variety of subjects.

CNN - Dead Sea Scrolls
Still a puzzle after 50 years
The Dead Sea Scrolls are still the subject of intense debate. Who really wrote them? What do they tell us about Judaism? Christianity? Who has rightful title to them?

The Americal Jewish Committee
Commentary Magazine
What the Dead Sea Scrolls do not tell. (unanswered questions about conflicting Jewish tribes and the early origins of Christianity)

The Dead Sea Scrolls
This site does not accept the Essene hypothesis, which most scholars use it in their analyses, for I believe that it is not a well-founded approach at all (see my introductory remarks). Besides a number of my own papers here, I have attempted to supply all the basic ancient source materials for the Essenes so that people can decide for themselves.
This page was created by Ian Hutchesson.

THE GNOSTIC SOCIETY LIBRARY
The Dead Sea Scrolls

Selected Modern Profiles
Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls
The included profiles are indebted to the numerous sources which I have consulted.

Mysteries of the Bible
James, The Brother of Jesus
Even before the discovery of the Scrolls in 1948 by some Bedouin in the caves near the archaeological ruins of Qumran by the Dead Sea, one of them had already been well know for many years.

Fragments of Enoch from Qumran Cave 7
In the case of Qumran cave 7, the "steep and rugged ascent" has included some wrong turns. Some of the papyrus fragments were incorrectly identified; and this has led to a variety of dubious and premature conclusions.
His Testimony

The Great Isaiah Scroll
The Qumran Isaiah scrolls are two. Q or Qa is the Qumran Great Isaiah Scroll and Qb is the Qumran Scroll of Isaiah that is about 75% complete.

Inventory of Manuscripts from Qumran
This file should eventually contain a list of all the known manuscripts from the eleven original caves excavated at Qumran and about which information is presently available.

The Dead Sea Scrolls and Christianity
Some see Christianity borrowing from concepts accepted by the Essenes and illustrated in the literature at Qumran. There is, however, very little evidence to substantiate this supposition.

The Essenes and the Dead Sea Scrolls
While other scrolls have been discovered since, in caves all along the Dead Sea, the scrolls at Qumran are by far the most important as far as Christians are concerned because they are the only ones throughout the Dead Sea region that pre-date or are contemporary with Jesus Christ.

The Dead Sea Scrolls
"Unless drastic measures are taken at once, the greatest and most valuable of all Hebrew and Aramaic manuscript discoveries is likely to become the academic scandal par excellence of the twentieth century." -- Geza Vermes, The Dead Sea Scrolls: Qumran in Perspective (Fortress, 1981), p. 24.

The Search For Meaning In The Dead Sea Scrolls
In biblical times, a mysterious religious sect lived in the place twenty miles east of Jerusalem, deemed by historians to be both a monastery and a fortress. While its exact nature is uncertain, the sect is said to have been Essene, and author of the scrolls.

Misc Comments on the Dead Sea Scrolls
What's on them? Many of them contain full or partial books from the Law and the Prophets (Old Testament, to us goyim). This was exciting because the earliest near-complete copy of the Law and the Prophets in Hebrew was created around 1000 AD. In an instant, scholars were able to go back and see how well the Old Testament texts had been preserved.

The Significance of the Scrolls by Amanda Vaughan
They were the Dead Sea Scrolls - the oldest known version of the Hebrew bible, sectarian texts and some mythical and fictional writing transcribed, most scholars believe, by the Essenes, a communal Jewish sect who lived in the desert separate from mainstream society.

SCROLLS FROM THE DEAD SEA
The exhibition Scrolls From the Dead Sea: The Ancient Library of Qumran and Modern Scholarship brings before the American people a selection from the scrolls which have been the subject of intense public interest.