A collection of ancient manuscripts discovered in caves in the vicinity of Qumran. They comprise biblical, apocryphal, sectarian, and apocalyptic writings, mainly written in Hebrew and representing many schools of Jewish thought.
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- Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls Bibliography, conference announcements, papers and e-mail discussion group.
- Daniel Manuscripts At Qumran Describes manuscripts of the book, or mentioning the prophet.
- Debate Erupts Over Authors of the Dead Sea Scrolls New York Times article about the scientific arguments over the scrolls' origins.
- Dead Sea Scrolls The Gnostic Society Library's collection of texts from the Scrolls, a listing of internet resources for further research, and a reading list.
- Dead Sea Scrolls History, discovery, and content of the famous scrolls.
- Dead Sea Scrolls Timetable of discovery and debate, with several links.
- Scrolls From the Dead Sea Online version of the Library of Congress exhibition telling the story of the discovery and setting the scrolls in their historical context. Images and translations of scroll fragments.
- The Dead Sea Scrolls With links to photographs of the Dead Sea Scrolls, Qumran caves, surrounding area and 2000-year-old artifacts, take a virtual trip to experience this archaeological discovery.