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Oldest Biblical Text Found in Jerusalem Cave Fits in Palm
Confirmed
In Short: Researchers have discovered two tiny silver scrolls in a Jerusalem burial cave that preserve the oldest surviving biblical text, predating the Dead Sea Scrolls by 400 years.
Two tiny silver scrolls discovered in a Jerusalem burial cave in 1979 preserve the oldest surviving biblical text, predating the Dead Sea Scrolls by 400 years, according to aleteia.org.
When the scrolls were examined, researchers found ancient Hebrew script, inscribed with an exceptionally fine stylus, carrying words still spoken in Jewish and Christian worship today, as reported by aleteia.org.
The larger scroll also contains additional phrases echoing Deuteronomy and other biblical texts, suggesting the person who inscribed it was drawing on a wider body of scripture already known by heart, according to aleteia.org.
This makes them approximately 400 years older than the oldest Dead Sea Scrolls, and roughly 1,000 years older than the Masoretic manuscripts that formed the basis of most modern Old Testament translations before the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered, as stated by aleteia.org.
What's confirmed
- Two tiny silver scrolls discovered in a Jerusalem burial cave in 1979 preserve the oldest surviving biblical text, predating the Dead Sea Scrolls by 400 years, according to aleteia.org.
- When the scrolls were examined, researchers found ancient Hebrew script, inscribed with an exceptionally fine stylus, carrying words still spoken in Jewish and Christian worship today, as reported by aleteia.org.
- The larger scroll also contains additional phrases echoing Deuteronomy and other biblical texts, suggesting the person who inscribed it was drawing on a wider body of scripture already known by heart, according to aleteia.org.
- This makes them approximately 400 years older than the oldest Dead Sea Scrolls, and roughly 1,000 years older than the Masoretic manuscripts that formed the basis of most modern Old Testament translations before the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered, as stated by aleteia.org.
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