45+ Dead Sea Scrolls Qumran Caves US. 'it is not inconceivable that a more complete edition may appear a few years hence.' between 1947 and 1956, the eleven qumran caves yielded a dozen scrolls written on leather and one embossed on copper. They relate to judaism and are written mainly in hebrew, with some in aramaic and greek.
This article contains content from the evageeks.org wiki article dead sea scrolls. Please view that page's revision history for the list of authors. Discovered in the qumran caves near the dead sea, the scrolls contain not only the earliest known copies of the holy scripture
Two types of works can be found in the dead sea scrolls:
Archaeologists have discovered two caves near qumran, in the west bank, that may hold dead sea scrolls. Books from the hebrew bible. After throwing a rock into a cave in an attempt to find an errant goat, he heard a the discovery of the dead sea scrolls was so important because it predated the earliest known texts. The dead sea scrolls were discovered in a series of 12 caves around the site known as wadi qumran near the dead sea in what is now the west bank between 1946 and 1956.