Qumran....not post of the weAk

i felt the need to read in the Holman Bible Atlas about the Dead Sea Scrolls. it told about the qumran people that lived in the area and how much they were like the essenes. i found it interesting in their views of the coming messiah that they believed there would be 1 prophet and two messiahs. so i wonder what their reaction to Jesus the Messiah was during his ministry. the most intriguing part of the article that i found was to be admitted to the Qumran people group one had to "face a two-or possibly three-year period of examinations, instruction, and discipline." they had to be trained to be a Qumran because i believe it was demanding, they shared everything so that no one was more wealthy than another. I do appreciate the opportunity to come to Williams and be a part of a 4 or possibly 5 year period of examinations (papers!!), instuction and discipline so that i can be more prepared to disciple people i come in contact with. the article didn't say a whole lot about the actual scrolls except they were found after 1947 and onward, "some manuscripts are virtually intact, such as Isaiah; many more are fragmentary. Only Esther remains unrepresented amoung the Old Testament materials."