The image above is labeled as B-314643 from the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library collection. The Dead Sea Scrolls are considered to be a keystone in the history of archaeology with great historical, religious, and linguistic significance because they include the oldest surviving manuscripts of entire books later included in the biblical canons, along with deuterocanonical and extra-biblical manuscripts which preserve evidence of the diversity of religious thought in late Second Temple Judaism. At the same time they cast new light on the emergence of Christianity and of Rabbinic Judaism. Almost all of the 15,000 scrolls and scroll fragments are held by Israel in the Shrine of the Book at the Israel Museum.

  • @streetmanOPM
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    31 year ago

    If you’re more interested in this subject there is a popular video by UsefulCharts that lists the oldest writings of the bible that we have today which of course include the Dead Sea Scrolls. The specific video is Oldest Bible Manuscripts.