As many of you know, the Dead Sea Biblical scrolls were discovered back in the early part of this century. They were found in several caves on the hillside above the Dead Sea itself, placed in large earthen jars. They seem to have been hidden in these caves sometime during the First Century CE in…

In Chapter 21 of the Book of Genesis we are told how the division between Jews and Arabs (later Muslims) came about. Hang tough for this is a complex story. Because he and his wife Sarah had waited unsuccessfully for a child, Abraham had taken a slave wife in order to have a son. He…