THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS
CLICK HERE TO RETURN TO ARTICLE Dead Sea Scrolls ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Sea_Scrolls ) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search The Dead Sea Scrolls The Psalms Scroll (11Q5), one of the 972 texts of the Dead Sea Scrolls, with a partial Hebrew transcription. Material Papyrus , Parchment, and Bronze Writing Hebrew , Aramaic , Greek , and Nabataean Created Est. 408 BCE to 318 CE Discovered 1946/7 - 1956 Present location Various The Dead Sea Scrolls are a collection of 972 texts discovered between 1946 and 1956 at Khirbet Qumran in the West Bank . They were found in caves about a mile inland from the northwest shore of the Dead Sea , from which they derive their name. [1] The texts are of great historical, religious and linguistic significance because they include the earliest known surviving manuscripts of works later included in the Hebrew Bible canon , along with extra-biblical manuscripts w...