Great Isaiah Scroll

AntiquityHebrew
OriginQumran, Cave 1
Language or scriptHebrew
Holding institutionShrine of the Book, Israel Museum

Overview

The best preserved of the Dead Sea Scrolls, a complete scroll of Isaiah copied around 125 BCE and found in 1947. It is about a thousand years older than any previously known Isaiah manuscript and is remarkably close to the medieval Masoretic text, proving the fidelity of scribal transmission.

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