Curated OER
The Ancient Middle East
The foundations of Christianity and Judaism are detailed in these slides, accompanied by bright, vivid pictures and maps. This presentation would successfully supplement a lesson on world religions or to contextualize the history of the...
![Museum Exhibitions Intensify Controversy Over Dead Sea [Pdf] Article](https://d15y2dacu3jp90.cloudfront.net/images/attachment_defaults/resource/large/FPO-knovation.png "Museum Exhibitions Intensify Controversy Over Dead Sea [Pdf] Article")
University of Chicago
Museum Exhibitions Intensify Controversy Over Dead Sea [Pdf]
This is an article sponsored by the University of Chicago, that discusses the seemingly unanswerable question of who wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls. Offers multiple points-of-view on this topic from a number of notable sources. The most...
Other
Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls
This site calls the 20th century 'the century of discovery' because of the large number of artifacts found. It cites the Dead Sea Scrolls as one of the most important discoveries ever. Additionally this site provides general and...
Other
Moellerhaus Publishers: Great Isaiah Scroll
This site provides background information on the section of the Dead Sea Scrolls that are the Great Isaiah Scrolls, and provides links to different portions of the complete text.
Other
Virtual Religion Network: Dead Sea Scrolls
This site offers a huge timeline chronicling the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Essenes, their authors,as well as links to related sites.
Other
The Israeli Mosaic: Qumran
Describes the history of qumran and describes the Dead Sea Scrolls. Also provides links to other related sites.
Other
Israel Museum: Digital Dead Sea Scrolls
Virtual exhibit gives users access to some of the most important ancient manuscripts, the Dead Sea Scrolls. Provides images, short explanatory videos and background information on the texts and their history.
Library of Congress
Loc: Scrolls From the Dead Sea
An exhibition from the Library of Congress presents a selection from the Dead Sea Scrolls and discusses the challenges of verifying their authenticity as well as the history of their discovery and of being hidden away.
PBS
Pbs: Recovering the Material World of the Early Christians
A scholarly article in which the author discusses the recent archaeological discoveries that have allowed us to construct a picture of the world of the early Christians. These findings include ancient manuscripts, ancient inscriptions...
Jewish Museum
Jewish Museum: The Dead Sea Scrolls: Mysteries of the Ancient World
View this special online exhibition showing at the Jewish Museum that explores the discovery of the ancient Dead Sea scrolls in 1947 providing much information "about the development of early Judaism and Christianity". The exhibit...
PBS
Pbs Frontline: From Jesus to Christ
PBS FRONTLINE explores the life of Jesus and the rise of Christianity. Drawing upon new and sometimes controversial historical evidence and interviews with the nation's leading New Testament scholars, the website challenges familiar...
BBC
Bbc: Dead Sea Scrolls in Pictures
A series of photos showing various aspects of the scrolls, the cave where they were found and how efforts are being taken to conserve them.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Today 2,000 Years Later
This site from Ibiblio.org discusses Dead Sea Scrolls and their links to changing Judaism and early Christianity.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: The World of the Scrolls
This site from ibiblio.com documents the history of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Library of Congress
Loc: Scrolls From the Dead Sea: The Qumrun Community
Describes the location of Qumran. Also provides theories of Pere Roland de Vaux and others concerning the Essene people and their lifestyle.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: The Dead Sea Scrolls
Site from Ibiblio.org on the exhibit at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC. Contains information on the history of the scrolls, an extensive explanation of each scroll, and pictures.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: The Qumran Library
This site discusses the dead Sea Scrolls. It includes pictures of many of the scrools and discusses the qumran library.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Dead Sea Qumran Community
Describes Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls found at the site. Contains links to explore various artifacts form the Qumran site. Also contains Library of Congress information related to the site's content.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Dead Sea Scrolls
Wikipedia offers detailed information and an image of the collection of Hebrew works, the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs: A Day in the Life of Hananish Nothos
A fictional recreation of what it might have been to be one of the members of the religious order of the Qumran community, the authors of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Qumran Center of Jewish Sect
A nice description of the archeological site known as "Qumran", which was a group of Jewish Sectarians lived. It is also the site where the Dead Sea scrolls were found.
PBS
Pbs Frontline: The Mystery and Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls
A great introduction to the scrolls, how found, their importance to Judaism and Christianity, and the historical circumstances surrounding their origins (who wrote them, etc.).
PBS
Pbs Frontline: The Historical Jesus
A well known scholar examines the newer historical scholarship on Jesus in the 1990s and how it compares to earlier attempts to understand his teachings and life.