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The Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls: Their Significance for Understanding the Bible, Judaism, Jesus, and Christianity is unavailable, but you can change that!

The Dead Sea Scrolls, discovered in caves near the Dead Sea in 1947, are one of the great archaeological finds. They include a treasure trove of unique texts created by the Essene community of Qumran which had formed in the desert to restore Judaism to true biblical faith. They also include the earliest manuscripts of every book in the Hebrew Bible, except for Esther. The writings of this...

Box 14.5 7Q4. 1, 7Q8, and 7Q12 Reconstructed (Muro) First Column (1 Enoch 103:3–7) Second Column (1 Enoch 103:7–8) [top margin] [top margin] [ται καὶ ἐγγέγραπται τ]ῆ frag. 4.1 [τῶν 7 αὐτοὶ ὑμεῖς γινώσκ-] [ς ψυχῆς τῶν ἀποθανόν]τῶν [ετε ὅτι εἰς αἵδου κατάξου-] [εὐσεβῶν· 4 καὶ χαιρήσο]νται σ̣[ιν τὰς ψυχὰς, ὑμῶν, 8 καὶ ἐκεῖ] frag. 8 [καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀπὸλωται τὰ]πνεύ- ἔσο[νται ἐν ἀνάγκηι μεγά-] [ματα αὐτῶν οὐδὲ τὸ μυ]ημό- λη[ι καὶ ἐν σκότει καὶ
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