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The quest of the Dead Sea Scrolls Luca Trovellesi Cesana, author and director

Heritage Broadcasting Service Available online

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Trovellesi Cesana, Luca, film director, film producer, screenwriter.
Di Stefano, Georgio, editor of moving image.
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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