A couple of Bedouin boys were trying to get their goats down from a cliff and threw stones at them (DISCLAIMER: this blog does not endorse any forms of animal cruelty except for the purposes of discovering sacred biblical texts).
The rocks the boys threw entered a cave and hit clay pots. Or perhaps it was the goats hitting the pots, but sounding like rocks. Whatever the case, the rest is history.
The value of the DSS for the Bible can't be overstated. Prior to their discovery, the earliest manuscripts of the Old Testament were from the middle ages. The DSS manuscripts, dating from the time of Christ, were a full 1000 years older. So now we could compare and trace an additional 1000 years of manuscript tradition using manuscripts that were that much closer to the original, and see how reliable the text was and is. The conclusion? The copyists were scrupulously careful and we have even more basis for full confidence in the integrity of the text.
Your camera can do wonderful things, even transpose your figure into great shots from the internet! ;) Sounds like a moving and experiential trip. Can I be jealous?
ReplyDeleteThanks, bud. I bought a special lens to make me look taller. Actually, it is pretty amazing what a phone camera can do. Not nearly as versatile as a regular camera (bit of a nuisance shooting twice), but the experiment of live blogging with pics seemed to go without too many hitches. Hopefully my data bill will be within tolerances!
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