Comments on: Some Off-Color Journalistic PaleoBabble? http://michaelsheiser.com/PaleoBabble/2010/03/some-off-color-journalistic-paleobabble/ Your antidote to cyber-twaddle and misguided research about the ancient world. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:48:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: MSH http://michaelsheiser.com/PaleoBabble/2010/03/some-off-color-journalistic-paleobabble/comment-page-1/#comment-1396 MSH Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:24:10 +0000 http://michaelsheiser.com/PaleoBabble/?p=478#comment-1396 you're welcome! you’re welcome!

]]> By: Alana http://michaelsheiser.com/PaleoBabble/2010/03/some-off-color-journalistic-paleobabble/comment-page-1/#comment-1390 Alana Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:27:52 +0000 http://michaelsheiser.com/PaleoBabble/?p=478#comment-1390 While the dating of most of the scrolls may not match the time of Jesus, it is likely that the Qumran community existed during his life time, making it possible for him to have at least visited. I haven't seen it for about a year, but, if my memory serves me correctly, the "introductory video" at the actual site of Qumran makes reference to the possibility of John the Baptist having stayed there. After all, Qumran is fairly close to the area where John baptized along the Jordan, and their apparently monastic lifestyle fits what we know of him and his lifestyle. I am not sure if that same movie also suggests that Jesus may have been there, but I have heard that suggestion a few times here in Israel. People seem to like to try to connect some of his actions and teachings with what was found at Qumran. If nothing else, it helps increase the amount of tourists who visit. Anyway, I enjoy reading your blog - though I disagree a bit here, it often makes me laugh and wonder at the craziness of people. While the dating of most of the scrolls may not match the time of Jesus, it is likely that the Qumran community existed during his life time, making it possible for him to have at least visited. I haven’t seen it for about a year, but, if my memory serves me correctly, the “introductory video” at the actual site of Qumran makes reference to the possibility of John the Baptist having stayed there. After all, Qumran is fairly close to the area where John baptized along the Jordan, and their apparently monastic lifestyle fits what we know of him and his lifestyle. I am not sure if that same movie also suggests that Jesus may have been there, but I have heard that suggestion a few times here in Israel. People seem to like to try to connect some of his actions and teachings with what was found at Qumran. If nothing else, it helps increase the amount of tourists who visit.

Anyway, I enjoy reading your blog – though I disagree a bit here, it often makes me laugh and wonder at the craziness of people.

]]> By: Charles http://michaelsheiser.com/PaleoBabble/2010/03/some-off-color-journalistic-paleobabble/comment-page-1/#comment-1387 Charles Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:35:21 +0000 http://michaelsheiser.com/PaleoBabble/?p=478#comment-1387 I thought the same two things... I thought the same two things…

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