Dead Sea Scrolls (Megilot)

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:manuscript
gptkbp:associatedWith	gptkb:Essenes gptkb:Second_Temple_Judaism
gptkbp:conservationStatus	well-preserved fragmentary
gptkbp:containsTextType	gptkb:commentary hymns sectarian manuscripts biblical manuscripts apocryphal works community rules
gptkbp:date	3rd century BCE to 1st century CE
gptkbp:discoveredIn	gptkb:Qumran_Caves 1947
gptkbp:excavatedBy	archaeologists Bedouin shepherds
gptkbp:firstPublished	1950
gptkbp:housedIn	gptkb:Israel_Museum gptkb:Shrine_of_the_Book
gptkbp:impact	changed understanding of biblical text transmission illuminated Second Temple period Judaism provided evidence of textual variants
gptkbp:location	gptkb:West_Bank gptkb:Judean_Desert
gptkbp:manuscript	over 900
gptkbp:material	gptkb:newspaper copper parchment
gptkbp:notableFor	gptkb:Habakkuk_Commentary gptkb:Community_Rule gptkb:Isaiah_Scroll gptkb:Thanksgiving_Hymns gptkb:War_Scroll
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Hebrew_Bible gptkb:Apocrypha gptkb:Pseudepigrapha gptkb:Jewish_sects
gptkbp:significance	insight into Jewish history insight into early Christianity oldest known biblical manuscripts
gptkbp:studiedBy	historians archaeologists biblical scholars
gptkbp:UNESCOStatus	gptkb:Memory_of_the_World_Register
gptkbp:writtenBy	gptkb:Aramaic gptkb:Greek gptkb:Hebrew
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Megilot_Regional_Council
gptkbp:bfsLayer	8
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Dead Sea Scrolls (Megilot)