When were the Dead Sea Scrolls copied?
According to archaeological and paleographic examination as well as carbon-14 tests, the Dead Sea Scrolls were copied between the third century BCE and the first century CE; the majority of the texts were copied in the first and second centuries CE. (Most texts discovered at Qumran were not originally composed by the Dead Sea sect. Examination and testing provide estimations of when scribes made copies of the texts; their content reveals when they were composed.) When were the Dead Sea Scrolls written? The texts were composed from the birth of the nation of Israel with the composition of the Bible; the dates of composition continue until the turn of the Common Era. When were the Dead Sea Scrolls collected into a library? The manuscripts were assembled as a library between 134 BCE and 68 CE. What language were the Dead Sea Scrolls written in? Most of the texts were written in Hebrew, although approximately twenty percent were written in Aramaic and several are in Greek. What kinds of te
