#Dead Sea Scrolls

This is the Oxyrhynchus Hymn, dated to the late 200s AD.

Fifty-Two Weeks, No Remainder

Cave 4 at Qumran — the two openings in the pale marl terrace — where the calendrical manuscripts catalogued 4Q319 through 4Q330 were found, along with most of the rest of the…

The Rundown — September 21, 2026

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Why does this translation say “Jehovah”?

The Tetragrammaton in paleo-Hebrew script, set apart from the square-script text around it — the Great Psalms Scroll (11Q5), Qumran Cave 11, 1st century CE. Public domain, via…

Why isn't the Book of Enoch in this translation?

The opening of the Ethiopic Book of Enoch — British Library, Or. 485, folio 102r, 16th century. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. A reader asked: "Why did you not include the…