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The Dead Sea Scrolls are religious writings that were first discovered in 1947, hidden in caves near the Dead Sea. The dry atmosphere of the caves had the effect of preserving the scrolls. About 800 scrolls have been found, mostly in a place called Qumran in modern-day Israel. They date from between 150 Bc and AD68 and they include all of the books of the Old Testament, or Hebrew Bible, except for Esther.

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