Hebrew Scriptures - The Dead Sea Scrolls

Question 1

Who did the writers write the Scrolls for?

Accepted Answer

The whole congregation of Israel

Question 2

Who found them?

Accepted Answer

a young man searching for a goat

Question 3

What sect most likely wrote the Scrolls?

Accepted Answer

Essenes, Zadokites

Question 4

Since their discovery, they have become the oldest surviving manuscripts for the Hebrew Bible

Accepted Answer

True

Question 5

The Scrolls are all Biblical Stories

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

What is the impact of the Scrolls today?

Accepted Answer

Historical Context, Further Biblical Readings, Historical Insight

Question 7

What was one of the difficulties in initially understanding the Scrolls?

Accepted Answer

Very Old Texts, Language difference, Many Fragments (pieces), Not knowing the author

Question 8

The Scrolls were found in the Sahara Desert, in the eleven Qumran Caves

Accepted Answer

False

Question 9

Which of these was not a dialect the Scrolls were originally written in?

Accepted Answer

Persian

Question 10

What is one of the books in the Hebrew Bible that biblical stories from the Scrolls cannot be found in?

Accepted Answer

Esther

Question 11

The Dead Sea Scrolls were written on all of these but...

Accepted Answer

Leather

Question 12

What are the Dead Sea Scrolls?

Accepted Answer

ancient Jewish spiritual manuscripts

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