MORMONISM

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Dead Sea Scrolls?
What are the
The Dead Sea Scrolls are ancient manuscripts that
were discovered in caves along the northwestern
shore of the Dead Sea, the lowest spot on earth.
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ISRAEL
JORDAN
Dead Sea
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Dead Sea Scrolls?
What are the

• The scrolls were found in limestone cliffs, and
  in marl caves.

• These caves are found in the Qumran plateau
  located at the Wadi Qumran.

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Dead Sea Scrolls?
What are the

• They are
• A collection of 931 documents
• Oldest copies of the Old Testament

• Jewish sectarian writings
• Composed in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek
• Produced between 250 BC and AD 68
• Hidden in Judean desert caves before AD 68

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Discovering the Dead Sea Scrolls

• In the 1940s, shepherds of the Taamirah Bedouin
  tribe were tending their goat herds in the Judean
  desert.
• There, shepherds stumbled upon caves containing
  the Dead Sea Scrolls.

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Discovering the Dead Sea Scrolls
Juma'a Abu-Hashaba
Muhammad edh-Dhib
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Discovering the Dead Sea Scrolls

• Taamireh shepherd Muhammed al-Asi (pictured
  right) was part of the group of Bedouin who
  searched for a lost goat in the 1940s.
• The Bedouin threw a rock into an upper cave
  opening to scare the goat out of the cave he
  heard the sound of breaking pottery.