Researchers may have solved a long-running mystery surrounding the Dead Sea Scrolls by proposing that the Qumran sect really did use its distinctive 364-day calendar. Its perfectly ordered 52-week ...

Prof. Eshbal Ratzon of Tel Aviv University has proposed a solution to one of the more stubborn puzzles in Dead Sea Scrolls ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The mysterious scrolls are a collection of ancient Jewish texts mainly written in Hebrew that were found in 1947 by nomadic Arab ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A portion of Dead Sea Scroll number 28a (1Q28a) from Qumran Cave 1. The Dead Sea Scrolls are among the most remarkable and ...

The scientists behind this new study on the age of the Dead Sea Scrolls discuss their work in this video from the University of Groningen. This initial study opens a new path to dating these iconic ...

Among the hundreds of Dead Sea Scrolls recovered from caves near Qumran, one stands apart from the rest simply because of what it was written on. Instead of parchment or papyrus, this document was ...

EVER SINCE the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered by Bedouin shepherds in the 1940s, debate has raged over their exact age. The scrolls, which contain the earliest surviving copies of books from the ...

A question about pieces of a manuscript found in 1883 that may or may not be authentic led me into The Times’s archive. By Jennifer Schuessler The finds, ranging from just a few millimeters to a ...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Museum of the Bible, in partnership with the Israel Antiquities Authority and Running Subway, is honored to announce it will host "Dead Sea Scrolls: The ...

Since their discovery, the historically and biblically hugely important Dead Sea Scrolls have transformed our understanding of Jewish and Christian origins. However, while the general date of the ...