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The Dead Sea Scrolls

Question

What are the Dead Sea Scrolls? What language are they written in?

Answer

The Dead Sea Scrolls are the remnants of the library of a Jewish sect. They include most of the books of the Bible and the Apocrypha, as well as books on the sect’s regulations. Nearly all of them are in Hebrew; a few percent (mostly apocryphal books) are in Aramaic; and a few scraps (mostly Septuagint fragments) are in Greek.