All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 3:16-17

Archeology: the scientific study of historic or prehistoric peoples and their cultures by analysis of their artifacts, inscriptions, monuments, and other such remains

 Where: Qumran, Judean desert = ____________  When: ____________  How Many: ______ Documents  Who: library of first- century Jews West Bank

 Varying dates from ________________  What’s included:  Every book of the Bible except Esther  Commentaries  Marriage Contracts  Deeds of Sale  Calendars  Rules for Religious Rituals  Copper Scroll 300BC – 40AD

 ______: Shepherds settled in the land between Bethlehem and The Dead Sea  ______: Teenager found Cave 1  Cave 1 yielded __ Scrolls and were sold for _____ to a local dealer $97

 Surveys were done and more research  More caves were found  Cave __ is one of the largest and almost the most difficult to get to  Yielded ________ fragments  Arab-Israeli War in _______ 4 15,

 Ancient ruins of buildings  Found kilns to fire pottery  Deposits of _______________ and _________ animal bonespottery

 Before the scrolls the oldest text:_________________ - _________________  Skeptics claim transmission errors  Cave 1: Entire copy of the _______________  95% identical  5% differences  Slips of pen  Spelling alterations Masorectic TextBen Asher Codex Book of Isaiah

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 God Wrote A Book