(News.com.au) Suspicions have been raised about the authenticity of 70 supposedly new fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls — and it’s the ancient message they carry that has raised eyebrows.
It was 1947 when the original treasure trove of ancient documents was uncovered by Bedouin tribespeople in a cave in a desert cliff.
The scraps of writing sparked an international sensation.
Not only did they contain verses from some of the oldest Jewish texts, they also revealed the writings of a sect called the Essenes which inhabited a remote monastery near the caves shortly before the time of Jesus Christ.
