First "Dead Sea Scroll" Found in Egypt Fifty Years Before Qumran Discoveries
Some call it the first Dead Sea Scroll—but it was found in Cairo and not in a cave. It was recovered in 1897 in a Genizah, a synagogue repository for worn-out copies of sacred writings. The gifted scholar who had found it, Solomon Schechter, gave it with a hoard of other ancient Hebrew manuscripts [...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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1982
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| In: |
The Biblical archaeology review
Year: 1982, Volume: 8, Issue: 5 |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | Some call it the first Dead Sea Scroll—but it was found in Cairo and not in a cave. It was recovered in 1897 in a Genizah, a synagogue repository for worn-out copies of sacred writings. The gifted scholar who had found it, Solomon Schechter, gave it with a hoard of other ancient Hebrew manuscripts […] |
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| ISSN: | 0098-9444 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Biblical archaeology review
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