Dead Sea Scrolls

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The Dead Sea Scrolls are a collection of ancient Jewish manuscripts discovered near Qumran that include some of the oldest known biblical texts and shed light on Second Temple Judaism.

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instanceOf Jewish religious text
ancient manuscript collection
archaeological discovery
biblical manuscript
associatedWith Essenes GENERATED
Qumran community GENERATED
Second Temple Judaism GENERATED
chronology 3rd century BCE to 1st century CE GENERATED
containsTextType apocryphal works GENERATED
biblical texts GENERATED
commentaries GENERATED
community rules GENERATED
hymns GENERATED
legal texts GENERATED
liturgical texts GENERATED
pesharim GENERATED
pseudepigraphal works GENERATED
sectarian writings GENERATED
country State of Palestine GENERATED
currentLocation Israel Museum GENERATED
Jordan Museum GENERATED
Shrine of the Book GENERATED
various university and national libraries GENERATED
discoveredBy Bedouin shepherds GENERATED
discoveredIn 1947 GENERATED
discoveredNear Khirbet Qumran GENERATED
discoveryMethod cave exploration GENERATED
earliestManuscriptsDateTo 3rd century BCE GENERATED
includesWork Community Rule GENERATED
Copper Scroll GENERATED
Great Isaiah Scroll GENERATED
Habakkuk Commentary GENERATED
Thanksgiving Hymns GENERATED
War Scroll GENERATED
influencedField Jewish studies GENERATED
biblical studies GENERATED
early Christianity studies GENERATED
history of Judaism GENERATED
paleography GENERATED
textual criticism GENERATED
language Aramaic GENERATED
Greek GENERATED
Hebrew GENERATED
latestManuscriptsDateTo 1st century CE GENERATED
locatedIn Judean Desert GENERATED
Qumran region GENERATED
West Bank GENERATED
majorSite Qumran Cave 1 GENERATED
Qumran Cave 11 GENERATED
Qumran Cave 4 GENERATED
numberOfFragmentsApprox 15000 GENERATED
numberOfManuscriptsApprox 900 GENERATED
periodCovered late Second Temple period GENERATED
preservationEnvironment dry desert climate GENERATED
religion Judaism
significance important for textual criticism of the Bible GENERATED
oldest known surviving manuscripts of the Hebrew Bible GENERATED
shed light on Judaism in the Second Temple period GENERATED
writingMaterial copper GENERATED
papyrus GENERATED
parchment GENERATED
writingSystem Aramaic alphabet GENERATED
Hebrew alphabet GENERATED

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Septuagint relatedTo Dead Sea Scrolls
Second Temple Judaism producedText Dead Sea Scrolls
Aramaic usedIn Dead Sea Scrolls
Book of Sirach foundIn Dead Sea Scrolls fragments
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Tobit preservedIn Dead Sea Scrolls fragments
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Psalm 151 foundIn Dead Sea Scrolls
Israel Museum hasCollection Dead Sea Scrolls
Shrine of the Book hasCollection Dead Sea Scrolls
subject linked to: Israel Museum
Essenes associatedWith Dead Sea Scrolls
Qumran associatedWith Dead Sea Scrolls
Habakkuk textualTradition Dead Sea Scrolls
Habakkuk hasCommentary Habakkuk Pesher from Qumran
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1 Enoch partiallyPreservedIn Dead Sea Scrolls
Jubilees associatedWith Dead Sea Scrolls
Jordan Museum exhibits Dead Sea Scrolls
Jordan Museum exhibits Copper Scroll
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Books of Samuel preservedIn Dead Sea Scrolls fragments
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Biblia Hebraica Quinta comparesWith Dead Sea Scrolls
11Q5 alsoKnownAs 11Q Psalms Scroll
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11Q5 alsoKnownAs Psalms Scroll from Qumran Cave 11
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11Q5 collection Dead Sea Scrolls
Shrine of the Book houses Dead Sea Scrolls
Shrine of the Book collection Dead Sea Scrolls from Qumran
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Roland de Vaux studied the Dead Sea Scrolls
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Enochic literature preservedIn Dead Sea Scrolls
Book of the Watchers partiallyPreservedIn Dead Sea Scrolls
Book of Parables notFoundIn Qumran Enoch manuscripts
linked to: Dead Sea Scrolls
Astronomical Book foundIn Dead Sea Scrolls
Lesser Genesis foundIn Dead Sea Scrolls (Hebrew fragments)
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Genesis Apocryphon partOf Dead Sea Scrolls
Jordan Museum collection Dead Sea Scrolls fragments
subject linked to: National museums of Jordan
linked to: Dead Sea Scrolls
Book of Giants preservedIn Dead Sea Scrolls
Book of Giants preservedIn Qumran manuscripts
linked to: Dead Sea Scrolls