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Dead Sea Scrolls
DSS
Apocalyptic and Eschatological Texts 6 texts
Biblical Interpretation 9 texts
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Biblical Retellings 9 texts
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Prayers, Hymns, and Liturgy 5 texts
Sectarian and Community Texts 7 texts
Torah and Temple Practices 4 texts
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Samuel
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Book of Giants
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About this tradition
The term “Dead Sea Scrolls” refers to the collection of manuscript finds from the caves of Qumran, on the shore of the Dead Sea, 10 miles south of Jericho. They were discovered between 1947 and 1956 in 11 different caves, which were located in Jordan until the Six Day War of 1967, when they came into the possession of Israel. Carbon 14 dating and paleography (the study of the scripts) have determined these scrolls to be about 2000 years old. While some were quite long, most of them have only survived as fragments.
Lawrence H. Schiffman, “The Dead Sea Scrolls,” in Outside the Bible: Ancient Jewish Writings Related to Scripture, ed. Louis H. Feldman, James L. Kugel, and Lawrence H. Schiffman (Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 2013), 1:24.
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