Term
Dead Sea Scrolls
Hebrew and Aramaic scrolls found near the Dead Sea containing Old Testament texts, apocryphal writings, and other non-biblical works dating from c. 100 B.C. to A.D. 135.
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Definition
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.
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Last revised August 14, 2026