tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3382635099156893364.post7615258475521755057..comments2023-10-07T02:21:49.061-07:00Comments on Israel Jewish News: Second Temple Period Drainage Canal UnveiledAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04644518523952793214noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3382635099156893364.post-31915097372550863852007-09-11T15:39:00.000-07:002007-09-11T15:39:00.000-07:00A fascinating item, but what it doesn't mention is...A fascinating item, but what it doesn't mention is that the escape tunnel discovery strikingly confirms University of Chicago historian Norman Golb's theory, now supported by an entire series of Israeli researchers, that the Dead Sea Scrolls are the remains of Jerusalem libraries, smuggled out of the city for hiding during the Roman siege of 70 A.D. Golb has specifically argued that Jews removed the scrolls from the city through tunnels and brought them down to the Dead Sea area via the Kidron valley--precisely where this tunnel is thought to have exited.<BR/><BR/>This also puts a spotlight on a current controversy involving a major exhibition of the Scrolls taking place in San Diego. Pursuant to an agreement reached with Christian evangelist "bible scholars," the San Diego Natural History Museum has excluded all of the researchers who have rejected the old "Qumran-Essene" theory of scroll origins from participating in its lecture series and, in the exhibit itself, has intentionally misinformed the public concerning the grounds supporting the Jerusalem theory.<BR/><BR/>For further information, see the posting entitled "Chronology of Dead Sea Scrolls controversy in San Diego" on Wordpress, and the articles by Charles Gadda on the Nowpublic site, in particular the one entitled "Christian fundamentalism and the Dead Sea Scrolls in San Diego." <BR/><BR/>Follow Gadda's links for his other articles too, they expose a truly outrageous scandal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com