CJ 3533-350 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Roland De Vaux, Qumran Caves, Robert Eisenman
30 Nov 2016
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Exploding cigars: the cia & castro (reading) of plots and plans aimed at destabilizing cuba and taking out castro: operation good times: disseminating postcards of a fat, smug castro. The church committee"s 1(cid:891)(cid:887)(cid:889) senate enquiry into (cid:498)alleged assassination. The church committee found that the cia had problems with accountability and recommended that the us should stop trying to kill foreign leaders. 1946/1947: bedouin shepherd (mohammed the wolf) accidentally found scrolls in caves near the dead sea. 1950s: roland de vaux (dominican biblical scholar) uncovered 11 caves containing every known book of the hebrew bible: the qumran caves also contained a number of unknown texts. Mohammed"s findings were released by 1(cid:891)(cid:887)(cid:888), but de vaux"s findings took a while to be released by virtue of the (cid:498)secrecy rule(cid:499). Andre dupont sommer pointed out that there were parallels between. Christianity and the qumran texts, and thought these texts were suppressed.
