Monday, April 26, 2010

Qumran: Where the Dead Sea Scrolls & some old Jewish ppl used to be...





Sorry, this title is rude... This was actually a pretty cool class trip, though I doubt highly that I'll ever be hiking in the desert after leaving this country - at least not during the day. This site is worth seeing, and allowed me to trespass in the name of knowledge (always fun). The little move they show in the center is wonderfully horrible, and strongly implies that John the Baptist was a shunned, former member of the community there (oh, the things you can tell Christians to promote tourism...). Also, this isn't too far from the dead sea, so we got a chance to spend a few minutes in a local nature reserve, and they sell a few mineral products.

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