Eight newly installed Dead Sea Scrolls, including a rare manuscript outlining the beliefs and structure of the ancient Qumran ...

Eight newly installed Dead Sea Scrolls, including a rare manuscript outlining the beliefs and structure of the ancient Qumran ...

An ancient inscription, found beneath the floor of an Israeli prison, hailed as "the greatest discovery since the Dead Sea ...

An AI trained on radiocarbon dating suggests some Dead Sea Scrolls might be older than previously thought. The findings could reshape our understanding of Judaism and early Christianity.

They verify the Old Testament Before the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered, the earliest known Hebrew Bible manuscript dated from the 10 th century A.D. At the time, there was no “Bible,” per se.

In this March 28, 2006 photo, three fragments from the Temple Scroll, one of the eight Dead Sea Scrolls, is displayed at the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage in Beachwood, Ohio.

Shortly after the discovery of the first Dead Sea Scrolls in 1947, it became apparent the rare ancient manuscripts had financial value. This led to a race between archaeologists and local Bedouin ...

The scrolls are in Greek, which Ableman says isn't the typical language found in biblical books in the Judean deserts. The most famous Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible is the Septuagint.

What’s fascinating about the latest Dead Sea Scrolls discovery is how it reflects the stories of those who wrote the ancient texts, those who kept them safe and the archaeologists who found them.

The scrolls newly discovered are written entirely in Greek except for God’s name, which is represented in Hebrew as the tetragrammaton (YHWH). Qumran caves near the Dead Sea. (photo: Tamarah via ...