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How many caves near Qumran contained Dead Sea Scroll manuscripts?
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Dead Sea Scrolls
Chapter 49 of the Isaiah Scroll from the Dead Sea Scrolls; in the Shrine of the Book, D. Samuel and Jeane H. Gottesman Centre for Biblical Manuscripts, the Israel Museum, Jerusalem.
The Dead Sea Scrolls are primarily associated with manuscripts discovered in 11 caves located near the ruins of Qumrān.2