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Dead Sea Scrolls

The Dead Sea Scrolls (DSS), in the narrow sense identical with the Qumran Caves Scrolls, are a set of ancient Jewish biblical manuscripts from the Second Temple period. They were discovered over a period of ten years, between 1946 and 1956, at the Qumran Caves near Ein Feshkha in the West Bank, on the northern shore of the Dead Sea. Dating from the 3rd…

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Created
c. 3rd century BCE – 1st century CE (Qumran)
Culture
Jewish
Discovered
1946/1947–1956
Material
Parchment, papyrus, and copper
Period
Second Temple period
Place
Qumran Caves near Ein Feshkha Other Judaean Desert sites

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Digitization project (2011–2016)

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related to Biblical books found · 26
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related to Gallery · 25
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related to Ownership, forgeries, and copyright · 21
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related to Physical publication · 21
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related to Further reading · 19
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related to Qumran caves and their contents · 19
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related to Biblical significance · 17
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related to Jerusalem origin theory · 17
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scrolls qumran dead sea cave fragments scroll museum manuscripts found hebrew caves texts discovered jewish scholars jerusalem text jordan biblical

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Dead Sea ScrollsCultureJewish1.00infobox
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Dead Sea ScrollsPeriodSecond Temple period1.00infobox
Dead Sea ScrollsPlaceQumran Caves near Ein Feshkha Other Judaean Desert sites1.00infobox
Dead Sea ScrollsPresent locationIsrael Museum, Jerusalem Jordan Museum, Amman1.00infobox
Dead Sea ScrollsWritingMostly Hebrew, but also Aramaic and Greek at Qumran; Latin and Arabic elsewhere1.00infobox
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