List of manuscripts from Qumran Cave 1

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The following is a list of the Dead Sea Scrolls from the cave 1 near Qumran.

MaterialPapyrus, Parchment, and Bronze
CreatedEst. 408 BCE to 318 CE
Discovered1946
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List of the manuscripts from Qumran Cave 1
Photographic reproduction of the Great Isaiah Scroll, the best preserved of the biblical scrolls found at Qumran Cave 1.
MaterialPapyrus, Parchment, and Bronze
WritingHebrew, Aramaic, Greek, and Nabataean
CreatedEst. 408 BCE to 318 CE
Discovered1946
Present locationQumran
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Qumran Cave 1, where 1QIsaa was found. The entrance can be seen on the cliff face

Description

Wadi Qumran Cave 1 was discovered for the first time in 1946. The initial discovery, by Bedouin shepherd Muhammed edh-Dhib, his cousin Jum'a Muhammed, and Khalil Musa, took place between November 1946 and February 1947.[1][2] The shepherds discovered seven scrolls housed in jars in a cave near what is now known as the Qumran site and took them back to the camp to show to his family. None of the scrolls were destroyed in this process.[3] The original seven Dead Sea Scrolls from Cave 1 at Qumran are the Great Isaiah Scroll (1QIsaa), a second copy of Isaiah (1QIsab), the Community Rule Scroll (1QS), the Pesher on Habakkuk (1QpHab), the War Scroll (1QM), the Thanksgiving Hymns (1QH), and the Genesis Apocryphon (1QapGen).[4] One of the pottery jars containing the scrolls from Cave 1 is now kept in the British Museum.[5]

List of manuscripts

Some resources for more complete information on the Dead Sea Scrolls are the book by Emanuel Tov, "Revised Lists of the Texts from the Judaean Desert"[6] for a complete list of all of the Dead Sea Scroll texts, as well as the online webpages for the Shrine of the Book[7] and the Leon Levy Collection,[8] both of which present photographs and images of the scrolls and fragments themselves for closer study. Information is not always comprehensive, as content for many scrolls has not yet been fully published.

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