Dead Sea Scrolls

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Jewish religious text ancient manuscript collection archaeological discovery biblical manuscript

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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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Dead Sea Scrolls fragments	2
Copper Scroll	1
Habakkuk Pesher from Qumran	1

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Essenes → associatedWith → Dead Sea Scrolls ⓘ

Jubilees → associatedWith → Dead Sea Scrolls ⓘ

Qumran → associatedWith → Dead Sea Scrolls ⓘ

Jordan Museum → exhibits → Dead Sea Scrolls ⓘ

this entity surface form: Copper Scroll

Book of Sirach → foundIn → Dead Sea Scrolls ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dead Sea Scrolls fragments

Psalm 151 → foundIn → Dead Sea Scrolls ⓘ

Israel Museum → hasCollection → Dead Sea Scrolls ⓘ

subject surface form: Shrine of the Book

Habakkuk → hasCommentary → Dead Sea Scrolls ⓘ

this entity surface form: Habakkuk Pesher from Qumran

1 Enoch → partiallyPreservedIn → Dead Sea Scrolls ⓘ

Tobit → preservedIn → Dead Sea Scrolls ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dead Sea Scrolls fragments

Second Temple Judaism → producedText → Dead Sea Scrolls ⓘ

Septuagint → relatedTo → Dead Sea Scrolls ⓘ

Habakkuk → textualTradition → Dead Sea Scrolls ⓘ

Aramaic → usedIn → Dead Sea Scrolls ⓘ