Immerse yourself in the fascinating world of the Dead Sea Scrolls, a collection of more than 900 ancient documents discovered in caves near the Dead Sea between 1947 and 1956. These texts, written in Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek, date from between the third century B.C. and the first century A.D. and belonged to an ascetic Jewish community, possibly the Essenes. The manuscripts include copies of Old Testament books, apocryphal writings and sectarian works that reveal a rich diversity of religious beliefs and practices of Second Temple Judaism. Their discovery has revolutionized our understanding of the development of early Judaism and Christianity, providing invaluable insight into the life, faith, and apocalyptic expectations of antiquity.
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