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Dead Sea Scrolls

Dead Sea Scrolls


plural noun 
Definition:
 
manuscripts containing biblical texts: a collection of ancient manuscripts, discovered in caves near the Dead Sea, that provide important evidence for biblical scholars and historians. They were discovered between 1947 and 1956, and are generally held to have been written between 100 bc and ad 68.

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