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Dead Sea Scrolls

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Discovered1946/47–1956
Writing Greek
Nabataean-Aramaic
MaterialPapyrus, parchment and bronze
CreatedEst. 408 BCE to 318 CE
Editors Eileen M. Schuller
Hershel Shanks
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
ID2398509
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About Dead Sea Scrolls


The Dead Sea Scrolls are ancient Jewish religious manuscripts found in the Qumran Caves in the Judaean Desert, near Ein Feshkha on the northern shore of the Dead Sea. Scholarly consensus dates these scrolls from the last three centuries BCE and the first century CE.

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