dead sea scrolls

1. (Old Testament) a collection of written scrolls (containing nearly all of the Old Testament) found in a cave near the Dead Sea in the late 1940s (synset 106419558)
   "the Dead Sea Scrolls provide information about Judaism and the Bible around the time of Jesus"
   referred to in: old testament - the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible
   is an instance of: roll, scroll - a document that can be rolled up (as for storage)

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