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Dead Sea Scrolls: Texts
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Texts similar to the Dead Sea Scrolls were found in the mountaintop fortress of Masada, most likely brought in by refugees fleeing Jerusalem during the Jewish War (66 C.E. to 70 C.E.).
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This is a new and comprehensive electronic reference work on the Dead Sea Scrolls, prepared under the editorship of Emanuel Tov. DSSEL gives a near complete coverage of all of the published non-biblical DSS materials, including scrolls identified in 2004 and 2005. The database includes texts, images, and reference materials. Of particular value is the morphological analysis to all of the texts, giving glosses and part of speech analysis for each word in the database. The database is powered by version 7 of WordCruncher®. $279.00
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The question often asked by casual readers is simply, "What do the Dead Sea Scrolls say?" Again, there is no one answer to that question. The texts are diverse, they apparently do not speak with a single voice, or from a single viewpoint. Most of the manuscripts found are heavily damaged fragments of scrolls, some very tentatively pieced together. Often the preserved scraps give only glimpses of what existed in the original text.
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Anyone who reads margin notes in newer Old Testament versions will find multiple references to the Dead Sea Scrolls. Though the scrolls generally do confirm the Masoretic text, they ... reveal spelling and word variations or missing lines that are used to clarify biblical text.
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