Cargill on DSS documentary

ROBERT CARGILL adds his own commentary to that National Geographic documentary on the Dead Sea Scrolls. His comments are very sensible and I agree with most of what he says, although I see no need to postulate that anyone outside the sectarian movement hid scrolls in the caves. Sectarians could have non-sectarian literature in their libraries, either because they liked it or perhaps even because they felt it merited refutation. The origins and purpose of the Copper Scroll are very murky, but I would not rule out the possibility that even it was a sectarian composition.