Since when was Cave 1, actually Cave 1?

What is now known as Qumran Cave 1 today, was not always called by that name. 61 years ago when the cave was first discovered it quickly became known as the “Grotte des manuscrits” or “the manuscripts cave”. And indeed it was the “Scroll...

Statistics and common sense

Should we throw out common sense? During the course of the year I have heard that common sense can be deceiving with respect to probabilities and statistics. In fact, the theological advisor of the film assured many that “statistics are counterintuitive”....

Qumran’s Library: see it for yourself

See the library as it is today and see it virtually as it was 2,000 years ago. (Quick Time 7.2 or higher is needed to view this window) These are QuickTime VRs from the forthcoming Educational Suite which is being developed in cooperation with UHL. Use your cursor to...

Fair Representation II

A comment has been added to our post “Fair Representation” of yet another participant in the Jerusalem Tomb Symposium who wants to be fairly represented by speaking for himself. (Prof. McDonald earlier signed the Duke University Statement) “I agree...

Rachel Hachlili’s Statement

“A short additional statement: The East Talpiyot tomb could not be identified with a tomb of Jesus of Nazareth for a significant reason: In all references in the New Testament Jesus is named only Yeshua with no patrononymic (i.e., “son of”). Why then...