During the 1950s and 1960s, ancient scrolls were also found at other locations in the Judean Desert such as Wadi Murabba’at, Nahal Hever, and the ancient fortress of Masada.Īmong these manuscripts from Qumran and other locations were Jewish religious writings and biblical books. Between 19 roughly nine hundred manuscripts, dated 250 BC to AD 68, were discovered in eleven caves around Qumran, along the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea. The year 2022 marks 75 years since the Dead Sea Scrolls, hidden for 2,000 years, began to be uncovered. Lyon explores why the Dead Sea Scrolls are so important-and what their discovery means to Christians today.
In the below excerpt from the January-February issue of Bible Study Magazine, Jeremy D. Many people know a little about the Dead Sea Scrolls (DSS), but fewer people understand just how revolutionary the scrolls have been to our modern study of the Old Testament. Facebook Reddit Pinterest Email LinkedIn WhatsApp
