Hebrew dead sea scrolls

[judge]

What was found in hebrew among the dead sea scrolls?
Anything to show Hebrew was commonly used?

How did the Hebrew stuff compare to the aramaic?

 

[Peter]

There was quite a bit found.

1. Proto-Masoretic Hebrew texts of the OT
2. Proto-Septuagint texts of the OT
3. Hebrew texts that were unique to the Qumram area they were found in.
(Surprise, trnaslation issues!)

They also found:
4. Rules for the religous order that wrote them
5. other documents that are not yet known.

There is a great deal of secrecy that surrounds these documents (reference the James ossuary). This seems to be common for the area. Scholarly study is a question, not an answer. (Read the magazine Biblical Archeology Review and you'll see what I mean.)

A lot of people have made some pretty wild claims regarding the texts. But there is still a lot of mystery 60 years after their discovery.

Peace.

Rdr. Peter

 

[danbarnaba]

If you are interested in the study of the Hebrew language of the Dead Sea Scrolls you can check out the book published by Elisha Qimron - The Hebrew of the Dead Sea Scrolls (Harvard Semitic Studies, Vol 29). I bought this book nearly 10 years ago but until now I haven't read it. Elisha Qimron is one of the foremost Dead Sea Scrolls scholars who has published many works on the Dead Sea Scrolls.