Still, as Cross puts it, ‘’There is no 11th commandment.’’ The rewording prompted by the scrolls does not challenge basic beliefs.p. To those for whom each word of the Bible was inspired by God, even such small alterations are significant.p. In all Bibles, Deuteronomy 8:6 speaks of ’’fearing’’ or ’’revering’’ God, but a Dead Sea scroll says ’’loving’’ instead. Further rewordings are expected and some of them could shift meaning. ‘’God is faithful in his words and gracious in all his deeds…’‘p. But a phrase with that letter turned up in a Dead Sea scroll and is tacked onto 145:13 in most recent translations:p. This chapter was always a head-scratcher because the verse for one letter is missing in the standard Hebrew text. Or consider Psalm 145, an acrostic where each verse begins with a successive letter of the Hebrew alphabet. Catholic Bible gives Goliath the shorter stature.p. But a damaged Dead Sea scroll can be read as saying ’’four cubits and a span,‘’ a mere six and a half feet (2 meters). That is, in 1 Samuel 17:4 most English translations say Goliath stood ’’six cubits and a span,‘’ meaning a towering nine feet plus (about 3 meters). ’’He’s barely tall enough to make the all-star game,‘’ remarks Frank Cross, a Harvard University expert on the official team working on the scrolls.p. The chief reason for most people: the rediscovery of 230 texts of biblical books, which have begun to change details in the Scriptures read by millions.p. – The Dead Sea Scrolls, hidden away in Holy Land caves 2,000 years ago and unearthed after World War II, are often rated the 20th century’s greatest archaeological find.
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