The Dead Sea Scrolls and The Reliability of Our Bible

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★ 0:00 How do you know the Bible you study today is anything like the one written long ago?

★ 1:38 One of the powerful messages of the Dead Sea Scrolls is the reliability of the Bible we have today.★ 1:59 Could the message of the Bible have escaped the ravages of time and the disintegration which characterize our knowledge of the ancient past?★ 2:24 The curse (Genesis 3:17-19)★ 2:59 The Word of the Lord endures forever. (Isaiah 40:7-8)★ 3:45 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. (Matthew 24:35) See also 1 Peter 1:24-25.★ 5:22 The Discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls (1947)★ 10:22 The Shrine of the Book★ 10:43 Qumran: northeast corner of the Dead Sea★ 12:58 A reconstruction of the Qumran community★ 14:29 Seeing trouble ahead, the community hid the scrolls in 66 A.D. When the Jews revolted against Rome.★ 15:10 Here are the caves where the scrolls were discovered, and those who discovered them.★ 18:33 The Dig Site and the Controversy★ 22:17 The Content of the Dead Sea Scrolls★ 24:19 Classifying the Scrolls★ 24:45 Copies of Biblical manuscripts★ 26:27 12 Manuscripts in Paleo-Hebrew★ 27:36 Interpretative Commentaries★ 28:52 The Great Isaiah Scroll in Paleo-Hebrew★ 30:42 Earliest New Testament Manuscript★ 37:21 *** An Excellent Five-Minute Summary of the Significance of the Dead Sea Scrolls! ***