Dead Sea Scrolls

Ancient Jewish biblical manuscripts Dead Sea ScrollsThe Great Psalms Scroll (11Q5), one of the 981 texts of the Dead Sea ScrollsMaterialParchment, papyrus, and copperWritingMostly Hebrew, but also Aramaic and Greek at Qumran; Latin and Arabic elsewhereCreatedc. 3rd century BCE – 1st century CE (Qumran)Discovered1946/1947–1956PlaceQumran Caves near Ein Feshkha Other Judaean Desert sitesPresent locationIsrael Museum, JerusalemJordan Museum, AmmanPeriodSecond Temple periodCultureJewish Part of a series onJewish culture Languages Hebrew Modern Ashkenazi Sephardi Mizrahi Yemenite Tiberian Medieval Mishnaic Biblical Samaritan Babylonian Palestinian Judeo-Aramaic Hulaulá Lishana Deni Lishán Didán Barzani Betanure Lishanid Noshan Targum Biblical Talmudic Palestinian Galilean Judeo-Arabic Yahudic Judeo-Baghdadi Judeo-Moroccan Judeo-Tripolitanian Djerbian Yemenite Other Jewish diaspora languages Yiddish Ladino Haketia Tetuani Yevanic Catalanic Italkian Piedmontese Knaanic Gruzinic Karaim Dzhidi Bukhori Juhuri Zarphatic Golpaygani Shirazi Hamedani Shuadit Judeo-Marathi Judeo-Berber Judeo-Malayalam Krymchak Koiné Greek Mythology Baal El Genesis Adam and Eve Lilith Garden of Eden Tree o