The Dead Sea Scrolls with Asia Sazanov

Join Asia Sazanov and learn about the most extraordinary archaeological discovery of the twentieth century. It was the result of a Bedouin shepherd tossing a rock into a cave near the Dead Sea. The discovery has revealed manuscripts mostly written in Hebrew dating back to the Second Temple period. These scrolls included some of the oldest extant fragments of the Hebrew Bible as well as religious writings, hymns, prayers, and legal documents. The Dead Sea Scrolls, as they would soon become known, would revolutionize the study of religious history, including the history of Judaism and Christianity.