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Dead Sea Scrolls
Manuscripts of the 3rd century BCE to the 1st century CE found in caves near Qumran and elsewhere in the Judean Desert; they include the oldest known copies of biblical books.
- Dates
- c. 300 BCE – c. 99
- Place
- Qumran
The Dead Sea Scrolls were first found in 1947. The Israel Antiquities Authority dates the scrolls from the third century BCE to the first century CE. Most were found in eleven caves near Qumran.
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holds copies of
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Torah
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12
Copies of every book of the Hebrew Bible except Esther are among the scrolls, not only the Torah. The Israel Antiquities Authority calls these the oldest known copies of biblical works.
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Torah
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A second, independent account of the same scrolls: Britannica counts about 100 biblical texts (the Israel Antiquities Authority counts about 230) and dates the scrolls from the 3rd century BCE to the 2nd century CE.
Timeline 1 date
- c. 300 BCE – c. 99 Dead Sea Scrolls
Proof 3 sources
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The Dead Sea Scrolls: Scrolls Content, Israel Antiquities Authority (Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library).
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Every book is represented among the Dead Sea Scrolls, except the book of Esther. These are the oldest known copies of biblical works.
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The Dead Sea Scrolls: Introduction, Israel Antiquities Authority (Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library).
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This similarity is quite remarkable, considering that the Qumran Scrolls are over a thousand years older than previously identified biblical manuscripts.
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Dead Sea Scrolls, Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Scholarship & press
The Dead Sea Scrolls come from various sites and date from the 3rd century BCE to the 2nd century CE.
Most of the manuscripts are sectarian writings, and about 100 of them are biblical texts, covering the entire Hebrew Bible except Esther.
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