Yesterday we hoped for the rain to come and energize the crops, an age-old wish and prayer. The evening was even more difficult for Sleepy Eye (the name of the Indian, and later the city, and then Assistant Living). The question was, "Which one?" and I said, "All three!"
One of my ancient books, now given away, is based upon a pile of very dry manuscripts that failed to burn. The paper (papyrus) was covered by a sandstorm, neither burned nor wrecked by rain. Professor Otto Heick told me about his own library, the English and the German versions.
Clicking on one source - Archeologist Journal - I read about thousands of discoveries from sandstorms covering treasures, not unlike precious metals and weapons also lost for many centuries.
Now there are so many finds from the desert that we cannot count them all, and they matter a lot for Biblical knowledge. In the same way, we cannot count the Biblical topics to learn. Computers have vast numbers of Scriptural knowledge, no matter how many and much they provide. I began this topic from my computer and found answers within minutes.
Qumran (the Dead Sea Scrolls) was so exciting in the 1960s that the Augustana Old Testament professor drove us from Rock Island to see the treasures in the new display.
The best way to learn about the Bible is to make a regular study of sections, building upon them and having the material in memory.