Dead Sea Scroll

GPTKB entity

Statements (107)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:manuscript
ancient manuscript fragment
Storage place for worn-out Jewish texts
gptkbp:alternativeName Dead_Sea_Scrolls_fragment
Dead_Sea_Scrolls_manuscript
Dead_Sea_Scrolls_manuscripts
Genizah
דמות_מקראית
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Essenes
gptkb:Second_Temple_Judaism
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Hebrew_Bible
gptkb:Judaism
sectarian manuscripts
Biblical manuscripts
Hebrew manuscripts
apocryphal works
Personal letters
Liturgical texts
Community records
Legal contracts
Religious documents
Secular documents
gptkbp:currentLocation gptkb:Israel_Museum
gptkb:Jordan_Museum
gptkb:Shrine_of_the_Book
gptkbp:customs Texts with the name of God are not destroyed
gptkbp:date 1st century CE
3rd century BCE
gptkbp:discoveredBy Solomon Schechter (Cairo Genizah)
gptkbp:discoveredIn gptkb:Qumran_Caves
1947
gptkbp:disposition Burial
gptkbp:etymology Hebrew: 'to hide' or 'to store'
gptkbp:foundIn gptkb:Qumran_Caves
Bedouin shepherds
gptkbp:fragmentNumber over 900
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Source of medieval Jewish history
gptkbp:housedIn gptkb:Israel_Museum
gptkb:Shrine_of_the_Book
gptkbp:importantFor Preservation of Jewish heritage
Source for daily life in Jewish communities
Source for economic history
Source for historical linguistics
Source for legal history
Source for literary history
Source for religious history
Source for social history
gptkbp:languageOfContents gptkb:Arabic
gptkb:Aramaic
gptkb:Greek
gptkb:Hebrew
gptkb:Persian
gptkb:Yiddish
gptkb:Judeo-Arabic
gptkb:Ladino
Other local languages
gptkbp:location gptkb:West_Bank
gptkb:Synagogues
Jewish cemeteries
gptkbp:manuscript over 900
gptkbp:material gptkb:newspaper
bronze
parchment
gptkbp:notableExample gptkb:Cairo_Genizah
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Great_Isaiah_Scroll
gptkb:Copper_Scroll
gptkb:Community_Rule
gptkb:War_Scroll
gptkbp:notableScroll gptkb:Great_Isaiah_Scroll
gptkb:Copper_Scroll
gptkb:Community_Rule
gptkb:Thanksgiving_Hymns
gptkb:War_Scroll
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Dead_Sea_Scrolls
gptkbp:period Medieval period
Modern period
Ancient period
gptkbp:preservedIn gptkb:Israel_Museum
gptkbp:purpose Temporary storage of sacred texts before burial
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Halakha
gptkb:Judaism
gptkb:Qumran_community
Jewish community life
Genizah fragment
Jewish manuscript studies
Manuscript preservation
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Judaism
gptkbp:significance insight into Jewish history
insight into early Christianity
oldest known biblical manuscripts
insight into Jewish history and religion
evidence of textual transmission of the Bible
gptkbp:startDate 3rd century BCE
gptkbp:subjectOf archaeological study
historical analysis
scholarly research
religious debate
gptkbp:UNESCOStatus gptkb:Memory_of_the_World_Register
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite gptkb:Dead_Sea_Scrolls
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Jewish_community
gptkbp:writtenBy gptkb:Aramaic
gptkb:Greek
gptkb:Hebrew
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:דוד_המלך
gptkb:משה_רבנו
gptkb:אברהם_אבינו
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5