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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 manuscript label 1QM is a conventional identifier used for the Dead Sea Scrolls found near the ruins of Qumrān.
The label breaks down as follows:
* 1: Indicates the scroll was discovered in Cave 1.
* Q: Stands for Qumrān, the site where the manuscript was found.
* M: Represents Milḥamah, the Hebrew word for "war."
This specific manuscript is commonly known as The War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness, or the War Scroll. It serves as a manual for military organization and strategy, detailing an apocalyptic vision of a 40-year "holy war" between the forces of good and evil.12