Dead Sea Scrolls: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
Good introductions to the history and importance of the Dead Sea Scrolls are Roland de Vaux, Archaeology and the Dead Sea Scrolls (1973); Hershel Shanks (ed.), Understanding the Dead Sea Scrolls (1992); Geza Vermes, The Dead Sea Scrolls: Qumran in Perspective, 3rd rev. ed. (1994); Hershel Shanks, The Mystery and Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls (1998); and Philip R. Davies, George J. Brooke, and Phillip R. Callaway, The Complete World of the Dead Sea Scrolls (2002).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: Jewish Virtual Library - The Dead Sea Scrolls. | Sep 18, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Brigham Young University - Religious Studies Center - The Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament. | May 02, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: DigitalCommons at Macalester College - Holy Wealth: Economics and Religion at Qumran and in the Dead Sea Scrolls (PDF). | Dec 19, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC Religion and Ethics - How redating the Dead Sea Scrolls puts new spin on the apocalyptic visions of Daniel. | Sep 13, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: UNI ScholarWorks - What the Book of First Enoch and the Aramaic Dead Sea Scrolls Reveal About the History of the Qumran Community Reveal About the History of the Qumran Community (PDF). | Aug 02, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC Sounds - In Our Time - The Dead Sea Scrolls. | May 22, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: NPR - 'Dead Sea Scrolls' Live On In Debate And Discovery. | Mar 25, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Brigham Young University - ScholarsArchive - The Dead Sea Scrolls Bible (PDF). | Jan 13, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: DigitalCommons at University of Nebraska - Lincoln - The Dead Sea Scrolls: Retrospective and Prospective. | Nov 19, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of The Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library. | Sep 14, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The University of Chicago Library - Digital Collections - Fathom Archive - The Origins of the Dead Sea Scrolls. | May 09, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Gospel Coalition - The Dead-Sea-Scroll Discovery�75 Years Later. | Mar 29, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Biblical Archaeology Society - What are the Dead Sea Scrolls? | Dec 05, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Dead Sea Scrolls. | Oct 10, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: PBS - Frontline - The Mystery and Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls. | Aug 17, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Endowment for the Humanities - Dead Sea Scrolls. | Jun 19, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Geographic - Who wrote the Dead Sea scrolls? Science may have the answer. | Apr 28, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Israel Museum, Jerusalem - The Dead Sea Scrolls. | Jan 06, 2023 | ||
| Removed media. | Jul 26, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: British Library - Dead Sea Scrolls. | Dec 13, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Dead Sea Scrolls. | May 10, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: Social Studies for Kids - The Dead Sea Scrolls. | Dec 30, 2016 | ||
| Added video. | Nov 26, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Jewish Virtual Library - The Dead Sea Scrolls. | Jan 21, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Israel Museum, Jerusalem - Introduction to the Dead Sea Scrolls. | Feb 26, 2013 | ||
| Article revised to mention that the Israel Museum and Google Inc. collaborated in September 2010 to publish five of the scrolls online. | Sep 27, 2011 | ||
| Deleted video. | Oct 06, 2009 | ||
| Media added. | Jul 09, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: United Travel - The Dead Sea and Surroundings. | Jun 19, 2008 | ||
| Media added. | May 31, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Israeli Mosaic - Qumran. | Feb 08, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Library of Congress - Scrolls From the Dead Sea: The Ancient Library of Qumran and Modern Scholarship. | Sep 29, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Jun 16, 2005 | ||
| Article revised. | May 21, 2004 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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