Wesley Huff
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Yeah. Jamie, pull up the β hey.
Yeah. So it's in Hebrew, and it is wild. So it has these sites where it says buried treasure is found. Whoa. And there have been a number of guys who have tried to, like, look for it. Does it say what the treasure is? You know what? Off the top of my head, I don't know. Look how crazy that language is. I know. Right. And so but the Dead Sea Scrolls. So it's like stuff like this. It's papyri.
Yeah. So it's in Hebrew, and it is wild. So it has these sites where it says buried treasure is found. Whoa. And there have been a number of guys who have tried to, like, look for it. Does it say what the treasure is? You know what? Off the top of my head, I don't know. Look how crazy that language is. I know. Right. And so but the Dead Sea Scrolls. So it's like stuff like this. It's papyri.
Yeah. So it's in Hebrew, and it is wild. So it has these sites where it says buried treasure is found. Whoa. And there have been a number of guys who have tried to, like, look for it. Does it say what the treasure is? You know what? Off the top of my head, I don't know. Look how crazy that language is. I know. Right. And so but the Dead Sea Scrolls. So it's like stuff like this. It's papyri.
It's animal skins. And it's a number of different languages. So the vast majority of it is in Hebrew. But there's also a lot in Aramaic and then Greek and in Nabataean. So it's like a it's like a. an umbrella term to just describe a whole bunch of literature. So a lot of it is biblical because it was written by this group out in the desert called the Essenes who lived at Qumran.
It's animal skins. And it's a number of different languages. So the vast majority of it is in Hebrew. But there's also a lot in Aramaic and then Greek and in Nabataean. So it's like a it's like a. an umbrella term to just describe a whole bunch of literature. So a lot of it is biblical because it was written by this group out in the desert called the Essenes who lived at Qumran.
It's animal skins. And it's a number of different languages. So the vast majority of it is in Hebrew. But there's also a lot in Aramaic and then Greek and in Nabataean. So it's like a it's like a. an umbrella term to just describe a whole bunch of literature. So a lot of it is biblical because it was written by this group out in the desert called the Essenes who lived at Qumran.
So but then other stuff of it is just, you know, it's just Jewish literature of various stripes that is is were hidden in caves all around the Dead Sea.
So but then other stuff of it is just, you know, it's just Jewish literature of various stripes that is is were hidden in caves all around the Dead Sea.
So but then other stuff of it is just, you know, it's just Jewish literature of various stripes that is is were hidden in caves all around the Dead Sea.
Yeah. Oh, Jamie, look at that. 65 tons of gold and 26 tons of silver. 65 tons.
Yeah. Oh, Jamie, look at that. 65 tons of gold and 26 tons of silver. 65 tons.
Yeah. Oh, Jamie, look at that. 65 tons of gold and 26 tons of silver. 65 tons.
How many Cuban links can you make out of that? You can see why someone would try to track that down.
How many Cuban links can you make out of that? You can see why someone would try to track that down.
How many Cuban links can you make out of that? You can see why someone would try to track that down.
Yeah. Wow. And you know, when we're talking about the Dead Sea Scrolls, like you have ones like the Great Isaiah Scroll, which is fully complete. Like it's a copy of the book of Isaiah and it's a full complete scroll. But then other ones are so fragmentary that we think they're written in Hebrew, but But we can't actually tell. Oh, wow.
Yeah. Wow. And you know, when we're talking about the Dead Sea Scrolls, like you have ones like the Great Isaiah Scroll, which is fully complete. Like it's a copy of the book of Isaiah and it's a full complete scroll. But then other ones are so fragmentary that we think they're written in Hebrew, but But we can't actually tell. Oh, wow.
Yeah. Wow. And you know, when we're talking about the Dead Sea Scrolls, like you have ones like the Great Isaiah Scroll, which is fully complete. Like it's a copy of the book of Isaiah and it's a full complete scroll. But then other ones are so fragmentary that we think they're written in Hebrew, but But we can't actually tell. Oh, wow.
Because no one's willing to, like, piece these β and this is true for a lot of stuff. So, like, the largest grouping of papyri literature in the world is the Oxyrhynchus Collection, which we get a good portion of our oldest manuscripts of the New Testament from. But if you go to Oxford and you β