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86-730: The RSV was the first translation of the Bible to make use of the Dead Sea Scroll of Isaiah , a development considered "revolutionary" in the academic field of biblical scholarship . The New Testament was first published in 1946, the Old Testament in 1952, and the Apocrypha in 1957; the New Testament was revised in 1971. The original Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition (RSV-CE) was published in 1965–66, and

172-488: A $ 200 million cargo terminal in Rocky Mount. Below is a list of some of the largest employers in the metropolitan area as of 2018. Rocky Mount is a regional shopping destination with many big-box retailers and specialty shops located in the city. Rocky Mount's shopping centers are generally congregated along and around US 301 (Wesleyan Boulevard). Two examples are Golden East Crossing and Englewood Square. In

258-703: A Fellow at the ASOR, about publishing the Great Isaiah Scroll, the Habakkuk Commentary , and the Community Rule . Brownlee was away from the school temporarily, so Sowmy was put in contact with Dr. John Trever , photographer and temporary director of the school. Trever photographed the scrolls and sent the photographs to palaeographer and dean of American archaeologists, Professor William Albright of Johns Hopkins University , who dated

344-599: A bag suspended on a tent pole for several weeks. During this time, the front cover of 1QIsa broke off. The three scrolls were brought to an antiques dealer in Bethlehem for appraisal. The scroll first came into the possession of Khalil Iskander Shahin, better known as Kando, an antiques dealer who was a member of the Syrian Church. Kando was unable to make anything of the writing on the scroll, and sold it to Anastasius Yeshue Samuel (better known as Mar Samuel ),

430-503: A lower costs of living and doing business. The metropolitan area was named in a 2020 study as the third-highest in the United States where manufacturing is thriving, with a manufacturing output of $ 6.2 billion, or $ 42,270 per capita. Between 2014 and 2018, manufacturing grew in the Rocky Mount area by 11.8%, and there were 108% more manufacturing jobs than the national average. In 2019, CSX Transportation began construction of

516-562: A new translation can be trusted. Some opponents of the RSV took their antagonism beyond condemnation. Luther Hux, a pastor in Rocky Mount, North Carolina , announced his intention to burn a copy of the RSV during a sermon on November 30, 1952. This was reported in the press and attracted shocked reactions, as well as a warning from the local fire chief. On the day in question, he delivered a two-hour sermon entitled "The National Council Bible,

602-536: A population around 7,500, Rocky Mount was officially incorporated as a city. A main railroad line, a well-established cotton mill, and productive farmland for brightleaf tobacco were major contributors to the area's growth and prosperity over the next decades. A vibrant central business district arose. As in the rest of the South , North Carolina had imposed legal racial segregation , including restrictions and discrimination in housing. White suburbs developed largely on

688-482: A single word, alternative spellings, plural versus single usage, and changes in the order of words. Some of the major variants are notable as they show the development of the book of Isaiah over time or represent scribal errors unique to 1QIsa . Abegg, Flint and Ulrich argue that the absence of the second half of verse 9 and all of verse 10 in chapter 2 of 1QIsa indicates that these are slightly later additions. These verses are found in other Qumran Isaiah scrolls,

774-494: A virgin. The Greek language Septuagint written one hundred to three hundred years before Jesus rendered almah as parthenos (παρθένος), which translates as "virgin", and this is the understanding carried over by Christians. Of the seven appearances of ʿalmāh , the Septuagint translates only two of them as parthenos , "virgin" (including Isaiah 7:14). By contrast, the word בְּתוּלָה ( bəṯūlāh ) appears some 50 times, and

860-681: Is Isaiah 53:11 where 1QIsa and Septuagint versions match and clarify the meaning, while the Masoretic Text is somewhat obscure. Peter Flint notes that better readings from the Qumran scrolls such as Isaiah 53:11 have been adopted by the New International Version translation and Revised Standard Version translation. Rocky Mount, North Carolina Rocky Mount is a city in Nash and Edgecombe counties in

946-679: Is also notable in being the only scroll from the Qumran Caves to be preserved almost in its entirety. The scroll is written on 17 sheets of parchment . It is particularly large, being about 734 cm (24 feet) long and ranges from 25.3 to 27 cm high (10 to 10.6 inches) with 54 columns of text. The exact authors of 1QIsa are unknown, as is the exact date of writing. Pieces of the scroll have been dated using both radiocarbon dating and palaeographic /scribal dating. These methods resulted in calibrated date ranges between 356 and 103 BCE and 150–100 BCE respectively. This seemingly fits with

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1032-399: Is missing when compared to the Masoretic Text and Septuagint , suggesting that the scribe's eye may have skipped over part of the text. Abegg, Flint , and Ulrich note that there are a number of errors of this nature that may represent a degree of carelessness on the part of the scribe. In some cases, the variants from 1QIsa have been incorporated in modern bible translations. An example

1118-628: The Revised Standard Version, Second Catholic Edition (RSV-2CE). This second edition removed archaic pronouns ( thee , thou ), and accompanying verb forms ( didst , speakest ), revised passages used in the lectionary according to the Vatican document Liturgiam authenticam , and elevated some passages out of the RSV footnotes when they favored Catholic renderings, such as replacing "young woman" with "virgin" in Isaiah 7:14. In 1989,

1204-508: The Dead Sea between late 1946 and early 1947; initially discovered when one of the shepherds heard the sound of shattering pottery after throwing a rock while searching for a lost member of his flock. Once the shepherds agreed to return in a few days, the youngest one, Muhammed edh-Dhib returned alone before them, finding a cave filled with broken and whole jars and fragments of scrolls. Of the intact jars, edh-Dhib found all but two empty; one

1290-844: The English Standard Version (ESV), its revision of the 1971 text edition of the RSV. In comparison to the RSV, the ESV reverts certain disputed passages to their prior rendering as found in the ASV. Unlike the NRSV, the ESV, depending on the context, prefers to use gender-inclusive language sparingly. When the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) was published in 1989, some traditional Christians — both Catholic and Protestant — criticized its wide use of gender-inclusive language . Because of its significance in

1376-465: The Masoretic Text , and the Septuagint . In chapter 40, a shorter version of verse 7 is found, matching the Septuagint. In the same verse there is also an insertion by a later scribe showing a longer version that is consistent with the Masoretic Text . There are also several examples of likely scribal error in the scroll, such as Isaiah 16:8–9. Most of 16:8 is missing and the first part of verse 9

1462-603: The National Council of Churches released a full-scale revision to the RSV called the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV). It was the first major version to use gender-neutral language and thus drew more criticism and ire from conservative Christians than did its 1952 predecessor. This criticism largely stemmed from concerns that the modified language obscured phrases in the Old Testament that could be read as messianic prophecies. In 2001, Crossway published

1548-546: The National Register of Historic Places . Rocky Mount is a major center for youth sports tourism , as it is a midpoint between New York and Florida along I-95 . The Rocky Mount Sports Complex , maintained by the Parks and Recreation department, includes seven outdoor baseball fields, four softball fields, eight soccer fields, a professional disc golf course, basketball courts, and volleyball courts. The complex

1634-573: The Rocky Mount-Wilson-Roanoke Rapids, NC Combined Statistical Area , which had an estimated population of 288,366 in 2023. English and Scots traders encountered the indigenous people in this area of the falls of the Tar River beginning in the mid-1700s. Incorporated in 1867, the community continued to develop through the 19th century based on agriculture (cotton and tobacco), manufacturing of textiles (made possible by

1720-544: The U.S. state of North Carolina . The city's population was 54,341 as of the 2020 census , making it the 20th-most populous city in North Carolina. The city is 45 mi (72 km) east of Raleigh , the state capital. It is the principal city of the Rocky Mount metropolitan area —often called the "Twin Counties"—which had an estimated population of 145,383 in 2023. Rocky Mount is also an anchor city of

1806-493: The United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 44.89 square miles (116.3 km ), of which 44.68 square miles (115.7 km ) is land and 0.21 square miles (0.54 km ) (0.47%) is water. The Tar River passes through the city from west to east, crossing the fall line at Upper Falls and Little Falls and descending 25 feet (7.6 m) within the city limits. The city boundaries straddle

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1892-580: The disenfranchisement of blacks and to take other political action against segregation. On November 27, 1962, Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech at Booker T. Washington High School; he used his refrain " I have a dream " a year before his better known delivery at the March on Washington , which became famous. Sanitation workers went on strike in 1978 when government sanitation workers protested their black co-worker being wrongfully arrested. He

1978-512: The train station and Douglas Block, or repurpose them, such as the Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences . In 2007, Capitol Broadcasting Company bought Rocky Mount Mills. It is adapting it as a mixed-use campus of breweries , restaurants, residential lofts, and event space. Major new community projects include the 143-acre (58 ha) sports complex and 165,000-square-foot (15,300 m ) downtown event center . In 2019, CSX ,

2064-521: The 1900s. By the end of the 19th century, tobacco had surpassed King Cotton as the town's primary agricultural product. At the turn of the 20th century, Rocky Mount became the northern headquarters of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad , which located its major repair shops and yard facilities in the town. With it came an influx of railroad workers. In 1900, Rocky Mount's population was around 3,000. On February 28, 1907, with

2150-478: The 1970s the city's hospitals were consolidated under Nash General Hospital . That was also the period of completion of Rocky Mount–Wilson Regional Airport . From the 1980s, the inner city suffered urban decay , as businesses had moved out to suburban highway locations. Rocky Mount's downtown deteriorated as new neighborhoods and shopping malls were built, such as Golden East Crossing . The city expanded its boundaries by annexation; for instance, in 1996, annexing

2236-562: The Bible or who read it infrequently; it was not intended as a replacement of the full RSV text. In this version, 55% of the Old Testament and 25% of the New Testament were cut. Familiar passages such as the Lord's Prayer , Psalm 23 , and the Ten Commandments were retained. For those who wanted the full RSV, Reader's Digest provided a list of publishers that sold the complete RSV at that time. In early 2006, Ignatius Press released

2322-471: The Christian population as well. The remaining Christian population (15.2%) is affiliated with other churches. Islam (0.5%) has the second-largest percentage of adherents after the total for Christian sects. The economy of the Rocky Mount metropolitan area , historically dependent on agriculture and textile manufacturing, has diversified into pharmaceuticals and manufacturing. As the city is located near

2408-620: The Iroquois Confederacy. More English speakers began to settle the area along the Tar River . They settled along the fall line between the Piedmont and coastal plain, below which the rivers were navigable to the coast. The difference in height meant that the downstream waters could power mills . The Falls of the Tar River Primitive Baptist Church was established in 1757. As the church

2494-599: The Master Stroke of Satan—One of the Devil's Greatest Hoaxes". After ending the sermon, he led the congregation out of the church, gave each worshipper a small American flag and proceeded to set light to the pages containing Isaiah 7:14. Hux informed the gathered press that he did not burn the Bible, but simply the "fraud" that the Isaiah pages represented. Hux later wrote a tract against the RSV entitled Modernism's Unholy Bible . The RSV translators linked these events to

2580-675: The Performing Arts at Wesleyan College regularly has college arts performances and touring acts, and is also the home of the Tar River Orchestra and Chorus. Most recently, the Rocky Mount Event Center opened in downtown with space for up to 5,000 seats for entertainment and sporting events. Rocky Mount Mills is a craft brewery incubator, the first of its kind on North Carolina. It now holds many up-and-coming breweries and restaurants. In addition,

2666-422: The RSV . The Common Bible of 1973 ordered the books in a way that pleased both Catholics and Protestants . It was divided into four sections: In 1982, Reader's Digest published a special edition of the RSV that was billed as a condensed edition of the text. A team of seven editors led by John Evangelist Walsh produced the manuscript. The Reader's Digest edition was intended for those who did not read

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2752-591: The RSV Bible given to him by his mother in 1955 when he graduated from a Presbyterian Sunday School . In 1999, the National Council of Churches , in association with Odyssey Productions , produced a TV documentary about the making of the RSV ;— The Bible Under Fire . Isaiah Scroll The Isaiah Scroll , designated 1QIsa and also known as the Great Isaiah Scroll , is one of

2838-605: The RSV New Testament had already been introduced in the 1965-66 RSV Catholic Edition, and their introduction into the RSV itself was done to pave the way for the publication of the Common Bible in 1973. The Standard Bible Committee intended to prepare a second edition of the Old Testament, but those plans were scrapped in 1974, when the National Council of Churches voted to authorize a full revision of

2924-496: The RSV and its three direct predecessors (the KJV, RV and ASV): The RSV New Testament was well received, but reactions to the Old Testament were varied and not without controversy. Critics claimed that the RSV translators had translated the Old Testament from a non-Christian perspective. Some critics specifically referred to a Jewish viewpoint, pointing to agreements with the 1917 Jewish Publication Society of America Version Tanakh and

3010-572: The Septuagint and English translations agree in understanding the word to mean "virgin" in almost every case. The controversy stemming from this rendering helped reignite the King-James-Only Movement within the Independent Baptist and Pentecostal churches. Furthermore, many Christians have adopted what has come to be known as the "Isaiah 7:14 litmus test", which entails checking that verse to determine whether or not

3096-738: The Syrian Archbishop of the Syrian Orthodox Church in East Jerusalem , who was anxious to have it authenticated. The Archbishop consulted many scholars in Jerusalem to determine the nature and significance of the documents, and in July 1947, he finally consulted the École Biblique and came in contact with the visiting Dutch scholar Professor J. van der Ploeg of Nijmegen University . Van der Ploeg identified one of

3182-405: The age of 18 living with them, 35.7% were married couples living together, 22.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.6% were not families. About 31.4% of all households were made up of individuals living alone, and 26.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 3.04. In the city, the population

3268-649: The ashes to Luther Weigle , commented in his book The Bible In Translation : "today it is happily only a copy of the translation that meets such a fate" instead of Bible translators. In 1965–66, the Catholic Biblical Association adapted, under the editorship of John Archibald Henslowe Orchard O.S.B. and Reginald C. Fuller , the RSV for Catholic use with the release of the Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSV-CE) . A revised New Testament

3354-404: The city. The population density was 1,312.6 inhabitants per square mile (506.8 inhabitants/km ). The city had 26,953 housing units. The racial makeup of the city was 61.3% African American , 32.4% White , 0.6% Native American , 1.0% Asian , and 1.6% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 3.7% of the population. Of the 23,097 households, 27.3% had children under

3440-527: The closing of the mill. The workers had to find other housing. However, when the mill closed, the property remained intact. Though the property has been a rental for its entire existence, covenants are placed on the property to assure home ownership and owner occupancy and protect the historical integrity. Rocky Mount has a humid subtropical climate ( Köppen Cfa ) characterized by cool, sometimes moderately cold winters, and hot, humid summers. The average high temperatures range from 51 °F (11 °C) in

3526-413: The command of Brigadier General Edward E. Potter . They burned down the mill, which supplied Confederate yarn and cloth. After the war ended, the owners rebuilt the mill. On February 19, 1867, the village outside the mill, which was largely devoted to worker housing, was incorporated as a town. In the latter half of the 19th century, the tobacco industry became established in the state. Adjacent to

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3612-522: The deuterocanonical books were expanded in 1977. The Revised Standard Version, Second Catholic Edition (RSV-2CE) was published in 2006. In later years, the RSV served as the basis for two revisions—the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) of 1989, and the English Standard Version (ESV) of 2001. The immediate predecessor to the RSV was the American Standard Version (ASV), published in 1901 by Thomas Nelson & Sons . It

3698-491: The development of the English Bible tradition, many publishers and Biblical scholars continue to rely on the RSV tradition in their work, especially when writing for mixed Catholic and Protestant audiences: [T]he Revised Standard Version of 1946–1957 was becoming established and, in 1966, was accepted by Catholics and Protestants as a 'Common Bible'. It was the first truly ecumenical Bible and brought together

3784-594: The downtown, the Douglas Block is a commercial area that was a former African-American business district. Station Square is a shopping area located next to city hall and the train station. The city is home to multiple venues for the performing arts. The Imperial Centre for the Arts and Sciences hosts the Maria V. Howard Arts Center, a Children's Museum and Science Center, and a community theater. The Dunn Center for

3870-465: The earliest dividing point for the book of Isaiah . There is some debate among scholars over whether the entire original scroll was copied by a single scribe, or by two scribes mirroring each other's writing styles. A 2021 analysis by researchers at the University of Groningen applied artificial intelligence and pattern recognition tools to determine that it was highly likely that two scribes copied

3956-591: The falls of the Tar River. Rocky Mount Mills , the second cotton mill in the state of North Carolina, was built there soon after in 1818. Its proprietors were two entrepreneurs and Joel Battle, grandson of an original colonial settler here. Battle bought out the other proprietors before turning over the enterprise to his cousin James Smith Battle. Until the 1850s, the mill operated with the labor of enslaved African Americans . They also comprised most of

4042-419: The final committee began meeting in 1937 at Yale Divinity School where they did their work. A number of specially bound presentation copies were given to local public officials in the days prior to the general release. One such presentation copy, the very first copy of the RSV Bible to come off the press, was presented by Weigle to an appreciative President Harry S. Truman on September 26, four days before it

4128-525: The flooding until the water came into their homes, and many required rescue. The hurricane resulted in the worst flooding in history of the Tar River, which had become saturated in August. It exceeded 500-year flood levels along its lower stretches, and many homes and businesses were destroyed. During the first decades of the 21st century, the city has encouraged efforts to revitalize the historic downtown. It has supported projects to renovate buildings such as

4214-753: The historic Tuscarora people , who spoke an Iroquoian language . After English colonists and indigenous allies waged the Tuscarora War in the early 1700s; most survivors migrated to the North. The main party of the Tuscarora settled by 1722 with other Iroquoian peoples of the Five Nations , south of the Great Lakes in what became central and western New York. They became the Sixth Nation of

4300-424: The juncture of a number of highways and railway, distribution and logistics are important to local businesses. The area has a strong service sector and a number of financial and customer support centers are located here. Rocky Mount is located 45 mi (72 km) from the state capital Raleigh and the associated Research Triangle . This has helped attract new companies to Rocky Mount seeking skilled labor and

4386-542: The labor on the cotton plantations. Beginning then, the mill owners hired exclusively white women and girls as mill workers for the rest of the century. The Battle family was also involved in the construction of the longest continuous railroad in the world up to that time, the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad , which ran about two miles (3 km) east of the mill. It connected the area to major ports in Virginia to

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4472-459: The life of William Tyndale , an inspiration to them, explaining in their preface: "He met bitter opposition. He was accused of willfully perverting the meaning of the Scriptures, and his New Testaments were ordered to be burned as 'untrue translations.'" But where Tyndale was strangled and then burned at the stake for his work, Bruce Metzger , referring to the pastor who burned the RSV and sent

4558-553: The line between Edgecombe and Nash counties, which follows the railroad tracks through the center of the city running north to south. Situated near the Tar River, the Rocky Mount Mills Village grew in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as a small community of tenants working for the mill. Built between 1885 and 1940, each house in the historic district is recognized by the National Register of Historic Places . Changes in industrialization eventually forced

4644-408: The manuscript of Isaiah at around 100 BCE. Early in 1949, Mar Samuel , Syrian Archbishop–Metropolitan of Jerusalem, brought the scroll to the United States, hoping to sell it and the three others he had in his possession. Samuel permitted ASOR to publish them within a limit of three years, and so Dr. Millar Burrows , director of ASOR, along with Dr. John Trever and Dr. William Brownlee prepared

4730-707: The manuscripts at the monastery as a copy of the Book of Isaiah in Hebrew, but was met with skepticism, as a fellow scholar at the École Biblique believed that the scrolls must be fakes due to their antiquity. In January 1948, Professor Eleazar Sukenik of the Chair of Palestinian Archaeology in the Hebrew University arranged to meet with a member of the Syrian community in the Y.M.C.A building of Jerusalem to see

4816-521: The mill hosts summer music festivals and other events throughout the year. Since 2014 it has been in redevelopment by Capitol Broadcasting Company, which also owns the popular American Tobacco campus in downtown Durham, North Carolina . Nearby are dozens of historical homes for rent in the Rocky Mount Mills Village . The next phase of development is Goat Island on the Tar River, which will offer public access to hiking trails, sandy beaches, and rafting/canoeing. A Rocky Mount Railroad Museum has been in

4902-407: The north and the port of Wilmington, North Carolina to the south. The tracks first reached Rocky Mount on Christmas Eve in 1839. In 1840, a train of cars en route to Wilmington stopped in Rocky Mount to import some "Old Nash" for special toasts at opening festivities. The fame of Nash County apple brandy spread from there. The railroad stimulated development of the town. In 1871, the county line

4988-490: The obsession with ritual purity lining up with rooms with hundreds of plates and many ritual baths found at the site). This theory is the most accepted in scholarly discourse. Further evidence that 1QIsa was used by the sectarian community at Qumran is that scholars Abegg, Flint, and Ulrich argue that the same scribe who copied the sectarian scroll Rule of the Community (1QS) also made a correction to 1QIsa . The reason for

5074-532: The original text, and can be viewed on the museum's website or at the Google Art Project . The text of the Great Isaiah Scroll is generally consistent with the Masoretic version and preserves all sixty-six chapters of the Hebrew version in the same sequence. There are small areas of damage where the leather has cracked off and a few words are missing. The text displays a scribal hand typical of

5160-409: The period of 125–100 BCE. The scroll also displays a tendency towards longer spellings of words which is consistent with this period. There is evidence of corrections and insertions by later scribes between the date of original writing and 68 CE. A unique feature of the scroll is that it is divided into two halves, each with 27 columns and 33 chapters, unlike later versions, suggesting that this may be

5246-633: The placement of 1QIsa in Qumran Cave 1 is still unknown, though it has been speculated that it was placed, along with the other scrolls, by Jews (Essene or not) fleeing the Roman forces during the First Jewish–Roman War ( c.  66 –73 CE). The scroll was discovered in Qumran Cave 1, by a group of three Ta'amireh shepherds, near the Ein Feshkha spring off the northwest shore of

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5332-869: The planning stages for a number of years. The railroad was basic to the city's development: in the early to mid-1900s the Emerson Shops of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad employed more than 2,000 people. The museum organizers are seeking a suitable facility. It has been proposed for location inside the train station. The area includes individually recognized properties, such as the Bellamy-Philips House , Bellemonte , Benvenue , Machaven , The Meadows , Rocky Mount Electric Power Plant , Rocky Mount Mills , and Stonewall . It also has numerous recognized districts: Edgemont Historic District , Falls Road Historic District , Lincoln Park Historic District , Rocky Mount Central City Historic District , Rocky Mount Mills Village Historic District , Villa Place Historic District , and West Haven Historic District ; all are listed on

5418-406: The population is below the poverty line . Rocky Mount's population is 40.3% religiously affiliated, below the state average of 48.9%. Christianity is the largest religion , with Baptists (13.3%) making up the largest religious group, followed by Pentecostals (4.5%) and Methodists (3.5%). Presbyterians (1.5%), Episcopalians (0.9%), and Catholics (0.8%) make up a significant amount of

5504-439: The presence on the editorial board of a Jewish scholar, Harry Orlinsky . Such critics further claimed that other views, including those regarding the New Testament, were not considered. The focus of the controversy was the RSV's translation of the Hebrew word עַלְמָה ( ʿalmāh ) in Isaiah 7:14 as "young woman." Almah in Hebrew translates as a young woman of childbearing age who had not had children, and so may or may not be

5590-478: The purchase was not announced until February 1955. The scroll, along with over 200 fragments from the Dead Sea Scrolls , is now housed in Jerusalem at the Shrine of the Book at the Israel Museum . Recently, the Israel Museum , in a partnership with Google, created the Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Project , and has digitized 1QIsa , the Great Isaiah Scroll, providing a high-quality image of the entire scroll. The digitized scroll provides an English translation alongside

5676-518: The sandy coastal plain , Rocky Mount was well situated to take advantage of the rapidly rising demand for brightleaf tobacco that grew best in the sandy soil. Tobacco also shaped the city's social life. Warehouses where tobacco was stored and marketed began hosting balls for the community in the 1880s; these became known as "june germans" for the time of year and style of dance. June Germans eventually transformed into all-night dance parties and attracted musicians and socialites from miles around well into

5762-502: The scroll, each contributing one of the two halves. The scroll contains scribal errors, corrections, and more than 2600 textual variants when compared with the Masoretic codex. This level of variation in 1QIsa is much greater than other Isaiah scrolls found at Qumran , with most, such as 1QIsa , being closer to the Masoretic Text . Some variants are significant and include differences in one or more verses or in several words. Most variants are more minor and include differences of

5848-438: The scrolls and borrow them for a few days, after hearing of their existence at the monastery. Upon realizing their authenticity, Sukenik copied several chapters of the Book of Isaiah from the manuscript and distributed copies to the Constituent Assembly of the State of Israel. On 18 February 1948, Father Butrus Sowmy of St. Mark's Monastery called the American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR) to contact William Brownlee ,

5934-422: The scrolls for publication. The scrolls initially purchased by Samuel were published by the American Schools of Oriental Research in 1950, and included 1QIsa , 1QpHab, and 1QS. The scrolls were advertised for sale in the Wall Street Journal in June, 1954 under the "miscellaneous" columns, but were eventually bought by Israeli archeologist Yigael Yadin for $ 250,000 in 1954 and brought back to Israel, although

6020-421: The seven Dead Sea Scrolls that were first discovered by Bedouin shepherds in 1946 from Qumran Cave 1 . The scroll is written in Hebrew and contains the entire Book of Isaiah from beginning to end, apart from a few small damaged portions. It is the oldest complete copy of the Book of Isaiah, being approximately 1000 years older than the oldest Hebrew manuscripts known before the scrolls' discovery. 1QIsa

6106-676: The successor company of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, broke ground on a new intermodal cargo terminal that is expected to stimulate the local economy in the next decade. Rocky Mount is located in northeastern North Carolina, at the fall line between the Atlantic Coastal Plain to the east and the Piedmont region to the west. The city is 58 miles (93 km) east of Raleigh , the state capital, 91 miles (146 km) northeast of Fayetteville , 144 miles (232 km) north of Wilmington , 19 miles (31 km) north of Wilson , 42 miles (68 km) south of Roanoke Rapids , and 127 miles (204 km) south of Richmond, Virginia . According to

6192-577: The theory that the scroll(s) was a product of the Essenes , a mystic Jewish sect, first mentioned by Pliny the Elder in his Natural History , and later by Josephus and Philo Judaeus . Further supporting this theory are the number of Essene sectarian texts found in the surrounding Qumran Caves , and the lining up of recorded beliefs to artifacts or structures at the Qumran site (like communal meals and

6278-566: The town of Battleboro to the north of the city. In 1999, the city won its second All-America City Award. In the fall of 1999 two hurricanes made landfall in eastern North Carolina . Both passed over Rocky Mount: Hurricane Dennis as a tropical storm in August with 20 inches (510 mm) of rain and Hurricane Floyd in September with nearly 17 inches (430 mm) of rain. Floyd is especially memorable because most localized flooding happened quickly overnight. Many residents were not aware of

6364-652: The two traditions — the Catholic Douay–Rheims Bible and the Protestant Authorised Version . Moreover, because of its importance to Anglican heritage and the English Bible tradition, the Revised Standard Version, Second Catholic Edition (RSV-2CE) has been approved for liturgical use in Anglican Use Catholic parishes of the U.S. Pastoral Provision and Personal Ordinariates for former Anglicans around

6450-652: The water power of the falls), and development of rail transportation to link the town to major markets. Since the late 20th century, the economy of Rocky Mount has diversified into biomedical pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, and logistics. Rocky Mount has twice received the All-America City Award from the National Civic League : in 1969 and 1999. The region around the Tar River was continuously inhabited by various cultures of indigenous people for 12,000 years. It had long been home to

6536-483: The west side of town, such as Villa Place and West Haven . Black neighborhoods, such as Crosstown and Around the "Y", where jazz musician Thelonious Monk was born, were concentrated on the east side of town. Several notable Civil Rights events occurred in Rocky Mount. In 1946, African-American tobacco warehouse workers voted to organize in Rocky Mount as part of a broader nationwide movement known as Operation Dixie . It included voter registration to fight against

6622-402: The winter to around 90 °F (32 °C) in the summer. The average low temperatures range from 31 °F (−1 °C) in the winter to around 69 °F (21 °C) in the summer. As of the 2020 census , there were 54,341 people, 22,260 households, and 14,334 families residing in the city. At the 2010 census , there were 57,477 people, 23,097 households, and 14,639 families residing in

6708-660: The world. The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in the United Kingdom has adopted the RSV-2CE as "the sole lectionary authorized for use" in its liturgies. The RSV is one of the versions authorized to be used in services of the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion . On January 20, 2017, incoming U.S. President Donald Trump took his inaugural oath of office using a copy of

6794-555: Was acquitted in court on the charges. In 2018 the city council officially apologized to him for the case. After WWII , the city continued to grow. In the 1950s and 1960s the city's economy diversified to include banking, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, and the headquarters of a fast food chain known as Hardee's . New higher education facilities were founded, including North Carolina Wesleyan College in 1956 and Nash Community College and Edgecombe Community College in 1968. In 1970, Rocky Mount received an All-America City Award . In

6880-607: Was copyrighted to protect the ASV text from unauthorized changes, and that copyright acquired by the International Council of Religious Education, one of the predecessor organizations to the National Council of Churches , which was formed in 1950. In 1928, the Council created a committee charged with creating a new translation based on the ASV, which was considered a somewhat weak and disappointing translation. Luther A. Weigle became its chair and helped find members;

6966-410: Was distributed as 27.5% between the ages of 1 and 19, 6.4% from 20 to 24, 24% from 25 to 44, 27.9% from 45 to 64, and 14.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age is 38.7 years. 45.8% of the population are males compared to 54.2% for females. The median income for a household in the city was $ 37,059, and for a family was $ 39,929. The per capita income for the city was $ 21,779. About 19.0% of

7052-531: Was filled with reddish earth, and the other with a parchment scroll (later found to be the Great Isaiah Scroll) and two oblong items covered in a black wax or pitch (later found to be the Habakkuk Commentary (1QpHab) and the Community Rule (1QS)). Edh-Dhib returned with the three scrolls to the displeasure of the other shepherds for his solo journey, and the scrolls were transferred to a Ta'amireh site southeast of Bethlehem where they were kept in

7138-456: Was moved from the Tar River to its present location in the center of the tracks. The Raleigh - Tarboro stage route also passed just south of Rocky Mount (roughly where I-95 and U.S. 64 run today), and for a time was the logical debarking point for railroad travelers wishing to proceed east or west. During the Civil War , the surrounding region was raided in 1863 by Union troops under

7224-455: Was published in 1965, followed by a full RSV Catholic Edition Bible in 1966. The RSV Catholic Edition included revisions up through 1962, a small number of new revisions to the New Testament, mostly to return to familiar phrases, and changes to a few footnotes. It contains the deuterocanonical books of the Old Testament placed in the traditional order of the Vulgate . Some of these changes to

7310-505: Was released to the general public. On September 30, 1952, the RSV Bible was released to the general public. The NCC sponsored a celebratory rally in Washington D.C. , with representatives of the churches affiliated with it present. A total of 3,418 interdenominational religious gatherings across North America were held that evening to honor the new version and the translators who made it possible. There are four key differences between

7396-408: Was the center of community life, its records were the first civil and vital records of the developing village. Its congregation effectively administered law enforcement, with officers issuing citations for crimes. A post office was established at the falls of the Tar River on March 22, 1816. At this point, the name "Rocky Mount" officially appears in documented history, referring to the rocky mound at

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