Directory of Dead Sea Scrolls Resources

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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.

Resources in This Category

• Daniel Manuscripts At Qumran

  http://home.earthlink.net/~ironmen/qumran.htm
  Describes manuscripts of the book, or mentioning the prophet.

• Dead Sea Scrolls

  http://gnosis.org/library/dss/dss.htm
  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

  http://www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/wsrp/educational_site/dead_sea_scrolls/
  History, discovery, and content of the famous scrolls.

• Dead Sea Scrolls

  http://virtualreligion.net/iho/dss_2.html
  Timetable of discovery and debate, with several links.

• Debate Erupts Over Authors of the Dead Sea Scrolls

  http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/24/science/sciencespecial/24SCRO.html
  New York Times article about the scientific arguments over the scrolls' origins.

• Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls

  http://orion.mscc.huji.ac.il/
  Bibliography, conference announcements, papers and e-mail discussion group.

• Scrolls From the Dead Sea

  http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/scrolls/
  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

  https://www.awesomestories.com/asset/view/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.

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