2. The Dead Sea Scrolls, Israel.以色列的《死海古卷》
The collection of scrolls, which include several of the oldest known Hebrew biblical texts, was first discovered in 1947 by Bedouin shepherds in caves northwest of the Dead Sea, in what today is Israel's West Bank. A total of around 900 scrolls were found in later years. The Dead Sea Scrolls offer the most extensive testimony of religious life in the first century, a crucial time for the development of Christianity and modern Judaism.
在以色列一個(gè)實(shí)驗(yàn)室,一位專家在檢查《死海古卷》的碎片。這個(gè)古卷系列記載了目前已知的最古老的希伯來文圣經(jīng)經(jīng)文,最早出土于1947年,是貝都因牧羊人在死海西北部的洞穴里發(fā)現(xiàn)的,如今,這里被稱為以色列西岸。在隨后幾年里,總共有大約900卷經(jīng)書被發(fā)掘出來?!端篮9啪怼窞槲覀兲峁┝岁P(guān)于公元一世紀(jì)時(shí)期宗教生活的最為詳盡的描述,公元一世紀(jì)是基督教和現(xiàn)代猶太教發(fā)展的關(guān)鍵時(shí)期。