Here we are at Qumran, the area of the Dead Sea Scrolls discovery. The Essenes (a strict sect of Jews) lived in this region, and it is thought that they recorded and preserved the scrolls. Some Bible scholars believe that John the Baptist frequented their area, and may have even been an Essene himself. In our Sunday School class yesterday, the talk about John reminded me of this day on our Israel Trip.
(Photo credit: a fellow traveller)
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