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The quest of the Dead Sea Scrolls Luca Trovellesi Cesana, author and director
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dead Sea scrolls--History.
- Dead Sea scrolls.
- Qumran community--Israel--History.
- Qumran community.
- Israel--Antiquities.
- Israel.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Short films.
- Nonfiction films
- Documentary films
- Feature films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (50 min., 43 sec.)) sound, color with black and white sequences
- Place of Publication:
- [Rome, Italy?] [producer not identified] [2019]
- Language Note:
- In English with optional English closed captions
- System Details:
- digital
- video file
- Summary:
- Seventy years after their recovery in the 1940s and 1950s from caves near the western shore of the Dead Sea, the Dead Sea Scrolls are still a thought-provoking matter of debate. Who wrote these scrolls? Where were they written and for what purpose? From the stratigraphic excavations to the chemical analysis of the inks, this film is a journey into science, to the conduct of the most interesting investigations carried out on an intriguing archaeological puzzle. It follows a fascinating path that will finally unveil all the mysteries of the "Qumran keepers."
- "Seventy years after their recovery in the 1940s and 1950s from caves near the western shore of the Dead Sea, the Dead Sea Scrolls are still a thought-provoking matter of debate. Who wrote these scrolls? Where were they written and for what purpose? From the stratigraphic excavations to the chemical analysis of the inks, this film is a journey into science, to the conduct of the most interesting investigations carried out on an intriguing archaeological puzzle. It follows a fascinating path that will finally unveil all the mysteries of the “Qumran keepers.”"-- Heritage Broadcasting Service
- Credits:
- Editor, Giorgio Di Stefano
- Notes:
- Originally released as a motion picture in 2019
- Online resource; title from title frame (Heritage Broadcasting Service, viewed February 3, 2026)
- OCLC:
- 1570836515
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
- Restricted for use by site license
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