Dead Sea Scrollz

It seems almost impossible for me to concentrate sometimes in the middle of the day. Classes between 1 and 3 PM are nearly always a challenge to stay focused in, and today I think I probably fell asleep twice without knowing it while reading The Dead Sea Scrolls. I was taking notes, and started to write down things that didn't have anything to do with what I was reading. When I cleared my mind again, I had no idea where some of the thoughts came from.
Still, The Dead Sea Scrolls are interesting, and I have a certian fondness for old writings with names like "The War of the Sons of Light and the Sons of Darkness" and especially, "The Coming Doom." The first one seemed to be a plan for an actual war, including battle plans and instructions for building weapons, preperations for the final battle that apparently would cleanse the world. On a cursory reading, it seemed that unlike The Revelation to John, this book was meant to be taken rather literally.
"The Coming Doom" was much less specific, and hardly cataclysmic at all. It asked why people are universally opposed to wrongdoing, yet still do wrong, and foretold a time when the world will be filled with knowledge, wiping away all ignorance and evil. That's gnosticism for you!
There's some crazy and very interesting stuff in all these sacred Jewish and Christian scriptures that exist outside the Bible, and I'll probably be writing more about them soon. Even without being widely distributed and talked about every Sunday, they've contributed quite a lot to the general understanding of Christianity. You might be surprised at how much you think you know comes from a few books you've never read.