I need to give this some thought. I have often made assumptions, only to have to change course later on. Joel Rosenberg’s writings are almost prophetic, but always insightful.
The Great Isaiah Scroll on display at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.
The actual Great Isaiah Scroll (source: The Israel Museum).
(Central Israel) — Have you ever been to the Shrine of the Book at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem? Have you ever seen the Great Isaiah Scroll on display there?
It is absolutely breathtaking. And it contains what many believe is the most controversial prophecy in the entire Hebrew Bible.
“The Great Isaiah Scroll (1QIsaa) is one of the original seven Dead Sea Scrolls discovered in Qumran in 1947,” notes the Israel Museum on its website. “It is the largest (734 cm) and best preserved of all the biblical scrolls, and the only one that is almost complete. The 54 columns contain all 66 chapters of the Hebrew version of the biblical Book of Isaiah. Dating from ca. 125 BCE, it is also one of the…
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A voice in the wilderness 