New research reveals mysteries about the Dead Sea Scrolls and the book of Jeremiah

Researchers from Israel and Sweden tested the renowned Dead Sea Manuscripts for DNA, making amazing discoveries.

Almost 10 professors participated in the research.

The Dead Sea Scrolls showed a great cultural trajectory as they were made of two different materials, sheepskin and cowskin.

With the results, the researchers claimed that they could “unite different fragments of the work and solve a puzzle of an unknown number of missing pieces.” The same people claim that their discovery in the 20th century had “an incomparable impact on the history of Christianity and Judaism”.

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“Our research enabled us to shed new light on many old mysteries basically by allowing the materiality of the scrolls to speak for its own right — and it has surprisingly a lot to tell us,” said Tel Aviv University Bible studies professor Noam Mizrahi.

There it was discovered that the Jews had several versions of the books of the Bible, where the main thing for them was the content and its meaning.

The results of the analysis showed that the book of Jeremiah had several copies throughout Israel, since it was made of calfskin and this was not available in ancient Judea.

Eight professors participated in the research, who classified and grouped the fragments to be stored in The Ancients of Israel, under a suitable climate and environment.

“It is remarkable that we were able to retrieve enough authentic ancient animal DNA from some of these 2,000 year old fragments considering the tough history of the animal hides,” Rechavi, whose lab developed the scientific methodologies used in the study, told The Times of Israel in an email this week.

Rechavi said the research took about seven years to complete, as no other new methods were tried.

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