Re: did the essenes exist and did they write the dead sea scrolls
Paul J Gans wrote:
wf3h <wf3h@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
interesting article in 'time' magazine from israel; a biblical
scholar is claiming that the essenes did not write the dead sea
scrolls and may never have existed at all:
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1885421,00.html?cnn=yes
That's the nature of history. History isn't an experimental
science. Little of the past can be verified by repeated
experiments.
As a result *all* documents are taken with a grain or two
of salt -- including the Holy Parchments (or whatever) of
various religions.
Over time a consensus tends to build. But it is slow and
not always long lasting. In the end, history is a matter
of probabilities that given events happened the way we
have them recorded. None are certain.
We know that the Dead Sea Scrolls were written, and that someone did it.
That is a very important observation by itself, in addition to what the
texts say.
.
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