TEL AVIV – New fragments of biblical scrolls dating back 2,000 years have been discovered during new and extensive research in the Judean desert, south of Jerusalem. This was announced by the Israeli Antiquities Authority explaining that the new manuscripts are the first to be found in 60 years to date. Written mainly in Greek – the Authority explained – they contain portions of the book of 12 minor prophets, including Zechariah and Nahum. With the radiocarbon method they have been dated to the 2nd century AD
The Dead Sea Scrolls are a collection of Hebrew texts found in the 1940s and 1950s in desert caves in the West Bank, near Qumran, and date from the 3rd century BC to the 1st century AD. the earliest known copies of biblical texts. The newly found fragments are believed to have been hidden in the cave during the so-called Bar Kokhba revolt, or Third Jewish War, a Jewish armed revolt against Rome during the reign of Emperor Hadrian, between the year 132 and 136.
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