The Dead Sea Scrolls have had a profound impact on textual criticism in the cannon of Scripture. Gary K. Brantley, M.A., M.Div. (1995), an author for the Apologetics Press, states that, “the materials discovered at Qumran, commonly called the Dead Sea Scrolls, have provided impressive evidence for both the integrity of the Hebrew and Aramaic manuscripts of the Old Testament and the authenticity of the books themselves.” The scrolls have been remarkably similar to modern versions of the Old Testament. Brantley (1995) also states that the Dead Sea Scrolls are important since the include older copies of all Old Testament books except for Esther. This is important that, since the Dead Sea Scrolls are the oldest copies of any Old Testament book,
