Israeli Archeologists ⼁Critical Literacy

Hi everyone! Welcome to another post, today we did another reflection session, for this session I decided to write about a news article I saw on a site. The article was called 'Israeli Archeologists discovered fragments of Dead Sea scroll from 2nd century', I decided to do this, because the topic interested me. 

Title: Israeli Archeologists discovered fragments of Dead Sea scroll from 2nd century

The text was a news article about archaeologists from Israel finding dead sea scrolls dating back from the 2nd century. The scrolls contained biblical texts and were found in a desert cave, the text is believed to have contained Greek texts from the books of Zechariah and Nahum which is believed to have been written during the 1st century judging by the writing style. The scrolls were found in a cave called the 'Cave of Horror' which is well-known for the number of skeletons found inside the cave. 

Text Type: News Article 

Text Creator: Ilan Ben Zion 

Text Purpose: To inform

What does the author of this text want us to know?

The author wants to inform us about how the archaeologists found the scrolls and why it is important to their research. They also wanted us to know how they found the scrolls and where it was found. By this we know how the scrolls were important and what knowledge we can gain from observing the scrolls. This also shows that the knowledge that we gain from the scrolls can let us know more about the past. 

Credit: https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/new-dead-sea-scrolls-1.5951332