It’s easy to find much that is wrong with the Internet.
About all you have to do is link up to a search engine and seek something innocent and you’ll have to be careful that you don’t end up at a porn site, or something worse.
But, to be fair, there is much that is good about this vast information storehouse, too, and there’s about to be a lot more good on it.
According to the Associated Press and coming project will make much of the Dead Sea Scrolls viewable on the Web.
“The scrolls will be available in their original languages, Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek, and at first an English translation. Eventually other translations will be added and Google’s translation feature may also be incorporated. They will also be searchable.
“Antiquities official Pnina Shor said the project will ensure the original 30,000 fragments that make up the scrolls are preserved while broadening access. The scrolls, which includes parts of the Hebrew Bible and treatises on communal living and apocalyptic war, have shed important light on Judaism and the origins of Christianity.
“‘Anyone in his office or on his couch will be able to click and see any scroll fragment or manuscript that they would like,’ she said.”
What will that mean to advanced and professional Bible scholars, as well as laymen? There’s no way of knowing yet, but it’s a great deal of important information that is being added as a bright spot on the Net.
And that is certainly a good thing.
— Chuck Smith