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Notwithstanding forgeries, the dead sea scrolls are the most exciting discovery from new testament times. The discovery of the dead sea scrolls (dated from about 250 bc to ad 68) is considered by many to be the most important archaeological find of the last century. The discovery of the dead sea scrolls was so important because it predated the earliest known texts of the hebrew bible by about a thousand years.
We are privileged to house in the israel museum's shrine of the book the best preserved and most complete dead sea scrolls ever discovered, said.
The dead sea scrolls were discovered in 11 caves along the northwest shore of the dead sea between 1947 and 1956. The texts also predated the birth of christ and christianity, leaving their interpretation to have a profound impact on the history of the world's largest. Notwithstanding forgeries, the dead sea scrolls are the most exciting discovery from new testament times. All that's left is one blank parchment.