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The Dead Sea Scrolls is a name given to a general collection of scrolls found in the area of Qumran, in the desert near the Dead Sea in the West Bank of the Jordan River. The first scrolls from this region were found in 1947/48. Many more scrolls have been found since then (and there may be some still missing, or hidden, by various regional authorities and antiquities dealers and collectors), including some in areas as far away as the British Museum (manuscripts collected from a Cairo genizah 50 years earlier were later found to match the scrolls).
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"The site was chosen because the wilderness was a place that people went to seek God — indeed, this was the reason that the Dead Sea Scrolls give for choosing a desert site for this settlement," Schniedewind told LiveScience. Essene monks observed a regimented life of ritual while they lived at the Qumran.
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[A]mid all his publishing, no work has more importance to Parry than his new book, which is volume 17 of the official publication of the Dead Sea Scrolls, Discoveries in the Judean Desert. "Archaeologists have called the scrolls the greatest discovery of the twentieth century, and it's a great privilege to be a part of this monumental work," remarks Parry, a member of the official team of translators for the scrolls.
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Hundreds of scroll fragments -- some as big as a thumbnail -- and ... larger partial scrolls were found near the Dead Sea in 11 caves near the ruins of an ancient settlement called Qumran. The cache features prayers, rituals and codes of behavior for an insular Jewish sect, probably the Essenes, who lived in the desert at Qumran.
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Donald Parry's book, Discoveries in the Judean Desert, is volume 17 of the official publication of the Dead Sea Scrolls. It discusses the books of Samuel-some of the oldest scrolls discovered in Qumran.
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The ruins of Qumran lie on a barren terrace between the limestone cliffs of the Judean Desert and the maritime bed along the Dead Sea. The excavations uncovered a complex of structures, 262 by 328 feet (80 by 100 meters), preserved to a considerable height. The structures were neither military nor private but rather communal in character.
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