Dead Sea Scroll Facts
n40,000 scroll fragments were found in jars in
eleven different
caves
n35,000 scroll fragments from 400 manuscripts
were found in Cave
#4
nAll scrolls were produced prior to 67-73 AD
(time of first
Jewish-Roman war)
nLiterary remains of a Community that lived at
Qumran from ~135 BC
to ~67 AD
nScrolls contain samples of all OT books
except Esther
