Thursday, May 03, 2018

What's that you say?

May 3, 2018
By Sean Martin

More than 50 years ago, (click here) a shepherd found seven scrolls in the Qumran Caves in the Judean desert of the West Bank, near the Dead Sea.

The findings formed a larger manuscript which have been come to be known as the Dead Sea Scrolls.

The papers contain Biblical and non-Biblical stories and have offered scientists a glimpse into the past and shed new light on Abrahamic religions.

Now, experts are using NASA’s technology to give a fresh insight into the historic texts....

On a sad not and unrelated to the scrolls; there were ten young Israeli people lost when the Dead Sea experienced a flash flood. They were camping there. Greatest sympathy to Israel, family and friends of these dearly loved people.

April 27, 2018

The death toll from flash floods (click here) that hit a group of teenage hikers in southern Israel Thursday rose from nine to 10 after a body found overnight was identified as the last missing teen Friday morning. Meanwhile, the two Palestinian children also died from flooding in the West Bank. A tractor driver declared missing was located Friday overnight....