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Are there more Dead Sea Scrolls yet to be discovered?
The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls was one of the most important archaeological finds of the 20th century, and of incalculable significance for Biblical studies and apologetics. Newly-announced Biblical fragments retrieved from the Dead Sea region remind us that the story is not over yet.
Defending our faith Chris Sinkinson Inside the Shrine of the Book in Jerusalem where many of the Dead Sea Scrolls are housed. | photo: iStock
In 1947 three Bedouin boys were herding their sheep and goats near the Dead Sea when they discovered the first of what became known as the Qumran caves. In the cave were ten jars, mostly empty, but one of which contained three leather scrolls. A later trip retrieved even more scrolls from the cave. What they had discovered were only the first of many ancient Jewish manuscripts that had been hidden in the caves during Roman times.
The ‘Gospel of Jesus’ Wife’
In 2012 we reported in these pages the claim of Harvard University professor, Dr Karen L. King, to having discovered the ‘Gospel of Jesus’ Wife’.
Defending our faith Chris Sinkinson photo: Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash
On a small ancient fragment she had identified Coptic text in which Jesus spoke of Mary Magdalene as his wife. With the wild conspiracy theories of Dan Brown’s
Da
Vinci Code in the air the media were primed to pick up and run with the sensational claim: the church has been covering up the truth about Jesus and his marriage.
The Schaeffer paradox
If you have any interest at all in apologetics – the defence of the faith – you will have come across the work of Francis Schaeffer (1912-1984).
Defending our faith Chris Sinkinson The L’Abri centre in Switzerland, founded by Francis and Edith Schaeffer continues today
It is hard to over-estimate his great influence on thoughtful evangelicalism. His range of writings, from climate change to postmodern art, reflect a rare calling as a missionary to culture. There were weaknesses in his ministry, oversimplifications of philosophical theory and a perilous partnership with secular political power, but contemporary apologetics is enormously in