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...were the real authors of the Dead Sea Scrolls? Elior theorizes that the Essenes were really the renegade sons of Zadok, a priestly caste banished from the Temple of Jerusalem by intriguing Greek rulers in 2nd century B.C. When they left, they took the source of their wisdom - their scrolls - with them. "In Qumran, the remnants of a huge library were found," Elior says, with some of the early Hebrew texts dating back to the 2nd century B.C. Until the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the earliest known version of the Old Testament dated back to the 9th century...
...Friday, March 13th at 3 p.m. HUHS Monks Library, 2nd Floor, 3 PM. Free...
...earth around Masjid-i-No Gumbad, a 9th century brick mosque thought to be the oldest still standing in the world, could illuminate many of the mysteries regarding Islam's spread to Central Asia. In 1978, a Russian archaeologist uncovered a vast trove of gold ornaments in a 2nd century nomad necropolis. The find, which included a collapsible crown, golden daggers and thousands of jeweled buttons, "speaks to the riches of the trade routes across Afghanistan," says Brendan Cassar, UNESCO's culture specialist in Afghanistan. "If nomads had this kind of riches, you can only imagine the wealth of trade...
...Lewis gets ball down low, McNally tries to strip him, but fouls. 1st well off, 2nd rattles in, 53-50 Penn...
...Ball goes back to Lewis against Swiatek, who fouls him. 1st shot no 2nd also no, but Belcore gets rebound and Swiatek fouls him again. Kenyi, McNally rep Lin and Pusar...