DEAD SEA SCROLLS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

(Old Testament) a collection of written scrolls (containing nearly all of the Old Testament) found in a cave near the Dead Sea in the late 1940s

Example:

the Dead Sea Scrolls provide information about Judaism and the Bible around the time of Jesus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Instance hypernyms:

roll; scroll (a document that can be rolled up (as for storage))

Domain category:

Old Testament (the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible)

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