The recently discovered Dead Sea scrolls, which have been acquired by Israel, were discussed here last night at a meeting attended by more than 200 Protestant, Catholic and Jewish members of the Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis. The meeting celebrated the 75th anniversary of the Society.
Dr. William F. Albright, Professor of Semitic Languages at John Hopkins University, said the scrolls provided a “wealth of evidence” as to meanings and usages of Hebrew words that might require a retranslation of parts of the Bible.
Dr. Frank M. Cross, Jr., of McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago, read a paper in which he stated that the tens of thousands of fragments, “the ultimate jig-saw puzzles,” had already been identified as having come from 332 manuscripts, and many years of work remained.
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