Dead Sea Scrolls Are Now Online

Israel has teemed with Google to put 5000 images of the ancient artifacts online.

The digital library contains the Book of Deuteronomy, which includes the second listing of the Ten Commandments, and a portion of the first chapter of the Book of Genesis, dated to the first century B.C.

Israeli officials said this is part of an attempt by the custodians of the celebrated manuscripts — often criticized for allowing them to be monopolized by small circles of scholars — to make them broadly available.

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.