Talk:Isaiah Scroll

More about the contents?

I believe it would be good if the article got in more details about the contents of the scroll --TiagoTiago (talk) 22:02, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Maid or Maiden?

I'm curious as to whether this version of 'Isiah' says that the Messiah will be born of a virgin, as the Greek Septuagint says, or merely a young woman, as the Hebrew version says. It occurs to me that it is POSSIBLE that the Septuagint preserves the words/meaning of the ORIGINAL Hebrew manuscripts. USER: Draxacoffilus —Preceding undated comment added 09:09, 3 June 2018 (UTC)

It reads "Almah" exactly as the Masoretic text does (the entire scroll is digitized, you can see it for yourself if you like...). But that's besides the point... You misunderstand that nature of the controversy to which you are referring. The argument is not over whether or not "Almah" is the original readings but rather, over what the word "almah" itself means. The Septuagint translates it as parthenos which from the perspective of secular classicists (or more polemically minded Jews) is somewhat more ambiguous then the word "maiden" to which you refer (let alone the word "virgin"). Needless to say this particular point of controversy is seldom addressed as both sides cannot seriously be considered impartial. -- 04:25, 5 January 2019‎ 96.233.134.156

13 He said, “Listen now, house of David. Is it not enough for you to try the patience of men, that you will try the patience of my God also? 14 Therefore the Lord Yahweh himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin will conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel... ” Translation in: http://dssenglishbible.com/isaiah%207.htm#_ftn1 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.253.52.159 (talk) 07:43, 6 February 2020 (UTC)

Poor English

Perhaps someone can edit and fix the grammar, like "brought to" errors in this article. One example: "The three scrolls were brought to an antiques dealer in Bethlehem for appraisal."

AI handwriting study

Artificial intelligence based writer identification generates new evidence for the unknown scribes of the Dead Sea Scrolls exemplified by the Great Isaiah Scroll (1QIsaa) Mapsax (talk) 02:36, 23 April 2021 (UTC)

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The Isaiah Scroll, designated 1QIsa^a and also known as the Great Isaiah Scroll, is one of the seven Dead Sea Scrolls that were discovered by Bedouin shepherds in 1946 from Qumran Cave 1. The scroll is written in Hebrew and contains the entire Book of Isaiah from beginning to end, apart from a few small damaged portions. It is the oldest complete copy of the Book of Isaiah, being approximately 1000 years older than the oldest Hebrew manuscripts known before the scrolls' discovery. 1QIsa^a is the only scroll from the Qumran Caves to be preserved almost in its entirety.

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