Dead Sea Scrolls
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6.1
- proper noun
- /dɛd si skroʊlz/
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Rollos del Mar Muerto
- I did my terminal work, my PhD work on the Dead Sea Scrolls, which are early Jewish manuscripts.
- texts from the Dead Sea Scrolls
- Dead Sea Scrolls were found
- first of the Dead Sea Scrolls
One of the things that he collects are these Dead Sea Scrolls fragments.
- One of the things that he collects are these Dead Sea Scrolls fragments.
- But people, people are just trying to create fake Dead Sea Scrolls to make money to sell them.
- But I've heard from that it looks like the Dead Sea Scrolls, some of them were translating from the Greek side.
- You know, we're like, holy crap, you know, I mean, we talk about like the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Examples
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A note tonight about the Dead Sea Scrolls, which contain the oldest known copies of the Old Testament.
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The truth of the matter is that sometimes the Dead Sea Scrolls leave out substantial portions that the Masoretic text includes, and vice versa.
Blog text (8) -
And I believe this can be seen by looking at one of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Blog text (9) -
I refer, of course, to the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Blog text (20) -
Why else is there a calendar manuscript among the Dead Sea Scrolls?
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There are even some incantations for exorcism in the Dead Sea Scrolls.
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Discoveries of previously unknown manuscripts, especially materials in the Dead Sea Scrolls preserved by the Qumran community, now enhance all modern biblical texts and translations.
Academic text (2014) -
Although the Bible was written on perishable material and copied by hand for many centuries, its accuracy is not in doubt, proven by the Dead Sea Scrolls and papyrus from 2,000 years ago.
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The Dead Sea Scrolls are considered the oldest copies of biblical books in the world.
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I did my terminal work, my PhD work on the Dead Sea Scrolls, which are early Jewish manuscripts.
Synonyms
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9.9
A group of ancient Jewish manuscripts known as the Dead Sea Scrolls
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is partly compositional: a B1 learner who knows 'scroll' and can recognize 'Dead Sea' as a place would likely infer 'scrolls associated with the Dead Sea' (i.e., rolls found/kept there). However, the set is a specific historical/archaeological corpus and the precise meaning (ancient Hebrew/Aramaic manuscripts discovered in caves) and cultural significance are not derivable from the constituents alone, so full understanding requires extra background knowledge.
Etymology
Dead Sea Scrolls are named after a famous find near the Dead Sea, when a shepherd in 1947 threw a stone into a cave and found clay jars holding rolled-up scrolls of very old writing. Because these 'scrolls' were hidden in caves and jars, the name now means that collection of ancient 'writings' connected to the Bible.