Temple Scroll

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The Temple Scroll is one of the Dead Sea Scrolls, discovered near the Dead Sea. It is a significant sectarian document, with 66 preserved columns detailing the construction of an ideal Temple of Jerusalem as described by God himself. This scroll is considered very important for understanding the beliefs and practices of the sect that created it, offering insights into their conception of religious law and the Temple. The Dead Sea Scrolls, in general, have been crucial for understanding ancient Judaism and the historical context of early Christianity.12

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biblical literature
The Book of Jubilees
The (unpublished) Temple Scroll, a book of sectarian prescriptions that paraphrases—also as divine revelation—a part of the Mosaic Law and was composed by the Dead Sea sect before 100 bce (i.e., in the same period as the Book of Jubilees), closely resembles some parts of the Book…
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The (unpublished) Temple Scroll, a book of sectarian prescriptions that paraphrases—also as divine revelation—a part of the Mosaic Law and was composed by the Dead Sea sect before 100 bce (i.e., in the same period as the Book of Jubilees), closely resembles some parts of the Book…
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Dead Sea Scrolls
Discovery and description
…well as the very important Temple Scroll. Its 66 preserved columns give details for the construction of the ideal Temple of Jerusalem.
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…well as the very important Temple Scroll. Its 66 preserved columns give details for the construction of the ideal Temple of Jerusalem.
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