Lyt når som helst, hvor som helst

Nyd den ubegrænsede adgang til tusindvis af spændende e- og lydbøger - helt gratis

  • Lyt og læs så meget du har lyst til
  • Opdag et kæmpe bibliotek fyldt med fortællinger
  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals
  • Opsig når som helst
Start tilbuddet
DK - Details page - Device banner - 894x1036

The Dead Sea and the Dead Sea Scrolls: The History of the Unique Lake and Its Ancient Jewish Manuscripts

Længde
2T 40M
Sprog
Engelsk
Format
Kategori

Historie

If the world had a navel, it would be the Dead Sea, the lowest point on Earth where one can still stand on dry land. The photographs of this unique lake seem to be taken from a science fiction movie, or a land devastated after a nuclear holocaust. To others, the fluffy shores could remind them of Antarctica although it is in one of the warmest spots on the planet. Its white, creamy masses, scattered along golden beaches, are not ice floes or frozen water, but effervescent salt formations. The famous Jordan River, where the Hebrew people entered the Promised Land and Jesus was baptized, flows into the lake, but the basin is so deeply sunk into the face of the planet that the waters never leave, as if they had fallen into a small black hole where nothing can escape.

The Dead Sea is also an archaeological site loaded with history. Known among the first civilizations in the region as "Sea of Asphalt" and “Salt Sea,” innumerable myths and legends lend it an air of mystery, as if it attracted sterility and misfortune while eradicating all life from its waters. It was perhaps the inhospitable feel of the place, the almost total desolation surrounding it, which led the writer of the Pentateuch to imagine that many years ago, a cataclysm sent to annihilate perverted people had taken place there.

In the mid-20th century, one of the most important religious discoveries of all time was made in a series of caves near the Dead Sea, which had hidden remnants of nearly 1,000 texts, some of which were included in the Hebrew Bible and others which were extra-biblical. In addition to being the oldest surviving copies of such documents, the mixture of languages and different kinds of papers helped shed light on the people in the region at the time, making the Dead Sea Scrolls vitally important to the world’s major religions.

© 2025 Charles River Editors (Lydbog): 9798318376726

Release date

Lydbog: 13. juni 2025

Andre kan også lide...

  1. Ten Caesars: Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine Barry Strauss
  2. The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World Catherine Nixey
  3. The Ancient World’s Most Mysterious Religious Cults: The History of the Cult of the Apis Bull, the Eleusinian Mysteries, and the Mysteries of Mithras Charles River Editors
  4. Pax Romana: A Captivating Guide to Ancient Rome during the Roman Peace Period Captivating History
  5. Anglo-Saxon England Before the Norman Conquest: The History and Legacy of the Anglo-Saxons during the Early Middle Ages Charles River Editors
  6. A History of the World Andrew Marr
  7. The Bronze Age in Europe: The History and Legacy of Civilizations Across Europe from 3200-600 BCE Charles River Editors
  8. Ancient Rome: From Romulus to Justinian Thomas R. Martin
  9. Medieval Europe Chris Wickham
  10. Pandora’s Lab: Seven Stories of Science Gone Wrong Paul A. Offit
  11. The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: The Sunday Times Bestseller, The Untold Story of a Lost World Steve Brusatte
  12. Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization Paul Kriwaczek
  13. The Sea People: A Captivating Guide to the Seafarers Who Invaded Ancient Egypt, Eastern Anatolia, the Hittite Empire, Palestine, Syria, and Cyprus, along with the Late Bronze Age Collapse Captivating History
  14. The Gene: An Intimate History Siddhartha Mukherjee
  15. A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century Barbara W. Tuchman
  16. Our Oriental Heritage: A History of Civilization in Egypt and the Near East to the Death of Alexander, and in India, China, and Japan from the Beginning to Our Own Day, with Will Durant
  17. How to Behave Badly in Renaissance Britain Ruth Goodman
  18. Tutankhamun's Trumpet: The Story of Ancient Egypt in 100 Objects Toby Wilkinson
  19. The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World David W. Anthony
  20. History of the Jews: An Enthralling Guide from Ancient Times to the Present Billy Wellman
  21. Ancient History Vol. 1: An Enthralling Guide to Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Rome Enthralling History
  22. Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn Daniel Gordis
  23. Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of An Empire Simon Baker
  24. Ancient Israel: An Enthralling Guide to Jewish Kingdoms and the Israelites Billy Wellman
  25. Mesopotamian Civilizations and Empires: An Enthralling Journey Through Sumer, Akkad, Babylon, and Assyria Billy Wellman
  26. The Roman Republic: A Very Short Introduction David M. Gwynn
  27. Ancient Greece, Second Edition: From Prehistoric to Hellenistic Times Thomas R. Martin
  28. Ramesses: A Captivating Guide to Ramses II and His Impact on the New Kingdom and Ancient Egypt Captivating History
  29. When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt Kara Cooney
  30. Matilda: Empress, Queen, Warrior Catherine Hanley
  31. The Book of the Dead: The History and Legacy of Ancient Egypt’s Famous Funerary Texts Charles River Editors
  32. The Makers of Scotland: Picts, Romans, Gaels and Vikings Tim Clarkson
  33. The War on the West Douglas Murray
  34. Alexander the Great: Journey to the End of the Earth Norman F. Cantor
  35. English Society in the Eighteenth Century Roy Porter
  36. The Plantagenets: The Kings Who Made England Dan Jones
  37. The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England Ian Mortimer
  38. The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land Thomas Asbridge
  39. The Witch: A History of Fear, from Ancient Times to the Present Ronald Hutton
  40. The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 Christopher Clark
  41. On Democracies and Death Cults: Israel and the Future of Civilization Douglas Murray
  42. The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy Jacob Burckhardt
  43. Russia: The Story of War Gregory Carleton
  44. How to be a Tudor Ruth Goodman
  45. The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century Ian Mortimer
  46. Ancient Egypt: History in an Hour Anthony Holmes
  47. Queens of the Crusades: Eleanor of Aquitaine and her Successors: Eleanor of Aquitaine and her Successors Alison Weir
  48. Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service Michael Bar-Zohar

Vælg dit abonnement

  • Over 600.000 titler

  • Download og nyd titler offline

  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals

  • Børnevenligt miljø (Kids Mode)

  • Det er nemt at opsige når som helst

Flex

For dig som vil prøve Mofibo.

89 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • 20 timer/måned

  • Gem op til 100 ubrugte timer

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Prøv gratis
Den mest populære

Premium

For dig som lytter og læser ofte.

129 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • 100 timer/måned

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Start tilbuddet

Unlimited

For dig som lytter og læser ubegrænset.

149 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • Ubegrænset adgang

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Start tilbuddet

Family

For dig som ønsker at dele historier med familien.

Fra 179 kr. /måned
  • 2-6 konti

  • 100 timer/måned pr. konto

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Kun 39 kr. pr. ekstra konto

  • Ingen binding

2 konti

179 kr. /måned
Prøv gratis