Dead Sea Scrolls

plural noun

1. a number of leather, papyrus, and copper scrolls dating from c100 b.c. to a.d. 135, containing partial texts of some of the books of the Old Testament and some non-Biblical scrolls, in Hebrew and Aramaic, and including apocryphal writings, commentaries, hymns, and psalms: found in caves near the NW coast of the Dead Sea beginning in 1947.

Dead Sea Scrolls

plural noun

1. a collection of manuscripts in Hebrew and Aramaic discovered in caves near the Dead Sea between 1947 and 1956. They are widely held to have been written between about 100 bc and 68 ad and provide important biblical evidence

Dead Sea Scrolls

1. A large collection of written scrolls, containing nearly all of the Old Testament , found in a cave near the Dead Sea in the late 1940s. The scrolls were part of a library collected by the Essenes, a religious community of Jews (see also Jews ) that flourished for a few centuries around the time of Jesus . The scrolls are highly valued for the information they give about the Bible (see also Bible ) and about Judaism in the period.

Example Sentences

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From Salon

In 1947, Muhammad edh-Dhib, a young Bedouin shepherd looking for a sheep gone astray, discovered a hidden cave that contained the Dead Sea Scrolls, the earliest known version of most of the Hebrew Bible.

From New York Times

The cool, arid and stable climate of the desert caves has allowed exceptional preservation of organic remains, including hundreds of ancient parchment fragments known as the Dead Sea Scrolls.

From Washington Times

The cool, arid and stable climate of the desert caves has allowed exceptional preservation of organic remains, including hundreds of ancient parchment fragments known as the Dead Sea Scrolls.

From Seattle Times

The oldest copies of Biblical text ever found were the Dead Sea Scrolls, which were discovered in caves in 1947.

From Reuters