Well, the scrolls are out! http://dss.collections.imj.org.il/ has all the scrolls, but I was severely disappointed that, unlike the Great Isaiah scroll, the war scroll isn't readable as an instant translation. Come on, we'd be talking endless online comparisons to end-time current day war activity as everyone and their brother tries to fit different players into the narrative.
But we do have some pretty exciting reading. Here we have a PG 13 section: Chapter 3 : Verse 17
"Therefore the L-rd will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and HaShem will lay bare their secret parts." A bit further on: Chapter 4 : Verse 1 "And seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying: 'We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel; only let us be called by thy name; take thou away our reproach.'"
We also have some poetry: Chapter 5 : Verse 18
Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope,
So I'm looking forward to lots of sermons and interpretations from our biblical preachers worldwide. Not just the scholar types, but the ones who preach everyday from the current texts. How will the scrolls factor in?
But we do have some pretty exciting reading. Here we have a PG 13 section: Chapter 3 : Verse 17
"Therefore the L-rd will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and HaShem will lay bare their secret parts." A bit further on: Chapter 4 : Verse 1 "And seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying: 'We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel; only let us be called by thy name; take thou away our reproach.'"
We also have some poetry: Chapter 5 : Verse 18
Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope,
So I'm looking forward to lots of sermons and interpretations from our biblical preachers worldwide. Not just the scholar types, but the ones who preach everyday from the current texts. How will the scrolls factor in?
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