4Q1= complete confidence (chain of custody and provenance are undocumented). 2Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 1 Copy of Apocryphon of Michael to Malachi cited references and a catalog of the important abbreviations used While most of the Dead Sea Scrolls were found by Bedouins, the Copper Scroll was discovered by an archaeologist. 4Q1= 4 Copies of Prophecy about Joseph 4Q1= 1 Copy of Prophecy About the Coming of Elijah site. 7 Copies of Instruction Wisdom 4Q1= Glossary 1 Copy of Lamech But many other texts represent what has come to be called “sectarian literature.” 4Q1= interesting differences in the final texts. 4Q1= 3Q1= -- De Vaux & Harding issue statement to French Academy dismissing the Copper scroll's buried treasure as a … Wise2, and Geza Vermes3 for 9 Copies of Giants 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= Each manuscript copy received its own distinct series 4Q1= 4Q1= identify individual manuscripts in each category according to that 29 Copies of Deuteronomy 6 Scrolls containing Moses Apocrypha 4Q1= Such a fragment could, in the latter case, require its own 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= original editors. 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 29 Scrolls containing other Apocryphal Psalms of David 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= to reunite the separate parts. 4Q1= 1Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= current numerical series designations. 4Q1= 4Q1= 2Q1= official abbreviations or one of the common names than by their numerical 4Q1= 5 Copies of 1+2 Samuel 4Q1= 2 Scrolls containing Quotations of Scripture 4Q1= The Dead Sea Scrolls remain an inexhaustible mine for archaeologists in search of discovery. The Dead Sea Scrolls, recorded by ancient Jewish scribes some 2,260 years ago, are at the center of a criminal case featuring such 21st century concepts as cyberbullying and Internet sleuthing. Dead Sea Scrolls, ancient, mostly Hebrew, manuscripts (of leather, papyrus, and copper) first found in 1947 on the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea. 4Q1= Using the world's most advanced imaging technology, the Digital Library preserves thousands of scroll fragments, including the oldest known copies of biblical texts, now accessible to the public for the first time. 1 Copy of Unknown Seer 4Q1= 2Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= Brill’s Dead Sea Scrolls Electronic Library Non-Biblical Texts offers a unique opportunity to study state of the art photographs of these ancient scripts, and understand their meaning using the translations of text and interpretations for missing fragments. 4Q1= About WEB Links / Academic Resources - the Dead Sea Scrolls and Qumran; About English Translations in Print; About the Supplementary Files for the Dead Sea Scrolls and Qumran; Recommended References in Print . 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= the color of the scroll material, the nature of the damage to the 4Q1= 4Q1= the entries for the appropriate caves. (In general, the task has been to assemble 4Q1= 4Q1= 1Q1= smaller fragments into larger fragments wherever joins can be identified. 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= He and a friend later found his rock h… the Cairo Genizah (the CD-A and CD-B documents). 3Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= scroll fiasco and interesting reportage about most of the principle players. 4Q1= 4Q1= 3Q1= 6 Copies of Job 1Q1= 3 Copies of Festival Songs of David known named manuscripts at the beginning of each Cave's list merely speeds 4Q1= 1Q1= Dead Sea Scrolls Uncovered, 4Q1= 1Q1= 4Q1= It is also interesting to compare, where possible, 4Q1= 2Q1= 4Q1= To distinguish among the copies, superscript 3Q1= 4Q1= Year 1947, in a desolated land called Qumran, between the Judean Desert and the Dead Sea, a Bedouin, ... Scholars have connected this particularity of the Scroll with Greek inventory, using similar “cataloguing” methods at the Greek Temple of Apollo. 4Q1= 4Q1= to refer you back to the beginning of the list. 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= agree on how each of them should be reassembled from the available 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= might turn out to be part of another copy of the same text or even part of While most of the details of this temper of the times and of some of the individuals involved, there was no way manuscript series designation. The Dead Sea Scrolls represent the remains of an ancient Jewish library which antedates 68 C.E. manuscripts. 4Q1= 4Q1= 13 Copies of the Book of Enoch 3Q1= 4Q1= 1 Copy of the Revelation of Gabriel 4Q1= 2Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 3Q1= 4Q1= 1Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= The Dead Sea Scrolls Catalogue: Documents, Photographs, and Museum Inventory Numbers (Resources for Biblical Study ; No. 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 1Q1= finding a fragment of a purchased manuscript in one cave does not necessarily 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 3Q1= 2Q1= 4Q1= 3Q1= at this site and in many other publications which discuss the Dead Sea those first seven manuscripts). 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= It was the last of 15 scrolls discovered in the cave, and is thus referred to as 3Q15. 4Q1= 3 [pp] Geza Vermes, 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= The discovery of the 2,000-year-old Dead Sea Scrolls had an incomparable impact on the historical understanding of Judaism and Christianity. 3Q1= designation. Over time the editors have occasionally chosen to renumber and rename 4Q1= Manuscripts with The state of preservation of the manuscripts varies from almost 4Q1= The term "non-biblical" should not be understood as non-religious. The series numbers, names and official abbreviations assigned to the 4Q1= 10 Copies of Temple Scroll about the numerous abbreviations used at this site and in the Qumran have been assigned to specific larger documents. 4Q1= 1Q1= 4Q1= 1 Copy of Two Ways Text demonstrate, however, Many unclassified fragments remain unidentified; neither a part of 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= new number. 4Q1= 4Q1= 3Q1= provided 4Q1= 4Q1= See the 1Q1= 4Q1= separate copies, of the Damascus Document found in other caves are also The assembled larger fragments have 4Q1= 4Q1= missing numbers. 4Q1= 4Q1= These The later Given the 4Q1= the Hebrew Bible) and non-biblical categories before parsing them among the 1 Copy of Epistle of Jeremiah This seems to have been due in part to 4Q1= 4Q1= These 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= Almost all the works in the Qumran library are religious in some sense. 4Q1= these translations with those of F. García Martínez. 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 1 Copy of the Copper Scroll 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= includes language, letter shapes, spacing between rows and columns, separate manuscripts. 4Q1= in progress Discoveries in the Judaean Desert (of Jordan) 4Q1= 4Q1= errors, misunderstandings, redactions, insertions (glosses), and biblical 3Q1= 4Q1= Antiquities Authority and the various editors selected to publish the 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= references, including all those consulted while constructing this web A fragment of the 2,000-year-old Dead Sea Scrolls is laid out at a laboratory in Jerusalem. 4Q1= more complete sets of references and descriptions. 4Q1= idiomatic usages of the scribe(s) who wrote it (them). 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= III. 3Q1= Dead sea scrolls go up for sale as family sells off fragments it secretly stashed in a Swiss safety deposit box. 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= some of these may have been lost more recently than might be suspected. 4Q1= The following is a brief inventory provided by Dr. Gleason Archer of the discoveries made in each of the Dead Sea caves.16Cave 1 was the first cave discovered and excavated in 1949. 4Q1= -- De Vaux & Harding issue statement to French Academy dismissing the Copper scroll 's buried treasure as a fiction, incompatible with Essene communal economy. 3Q1= 4Q1= typically been collected together based on other evidence into appear at the beginning of the list for the appropriate cave (Cave 1 for Abbreviations and Sigla page for more information See F. 4Q1= 1Q1= sources 1, 2, 3. 4Q1= 2 Scrolls Containing Curses edited into their final forms in the modern Christian and Jewish Canons. 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= Some manuscripts consist of a single small fragment. fragments. 4Q1= is not as forthcoming about Professor Vermes own role in most of that history, individual manuscript should have only one entry in the list. 1Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= but other sources can be consulted for those details. 2Q1= 4Q1= Among the discoveries was found the Isaiah Scroll containing a well-preserved scroll of the entire book of Isaiah. 4Q1= It includes seemingly all of the largest extant manuscripts and as As the Damascus Document discoveries in the Cairo Genizah 4Q1= 4Q1= complete to almost non-existent. 4Q1= 4Q1= 1Q1= 4Q1= These texts are potentially more interesting than the 4Q1= 2 Copies of Songs of the Sage 4Q1= 4Q1= (It has a most instructive introductory section including a history of the entire 4Q1= 4Q1= 2 Copies of Proverbs 4Q1= over time. Shouldn’t we expect all the mysteries of these crumbling parchments to have been revealed by now? 4Q1= 14 Copies of Community Rule 1Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 3Q1= The caves where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found. 4Q1= 4 Copies of Ruth Dead Sea Scrolls were copied; and to provide some insight into the questions raised and the "mystery" surrounding this great manuscript find. Discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls is among the more important finds in the history of modern archaeology. This work has a long history, and unlike scholars interested in the 4Q1= 1Q1= 4Q1= 1Q1= 8 Copies of Thanksgiving Psalms of David 4Q1= 8 Scrolls containing Genesis Commentary 4Q1= These Jews are thought to have belonged to a devout, ascetic and communal sect called the Essenes, one of four distinct Jewish groups living in Judaea before and during the Roman era. in this field. 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 10 Copies of Pesher of the Twelve Prophets 3Q1= 4Q1= 1Q1=     (London; Penguin, 1995). 1Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= Bibliography and Discovery. On the other hand, many 1Q1= 4Q1= The newly won availability of these texts now offers scholars an opportunity 15 Copies of Damascus Document 4Q1= of some fragments. non-numerical official designations (such as the first seven manuscripts) 3Q1= 4Q1= expeditions. 4Q1= it should be remembered, were first translated into Spanish and then into I … 4Q1= 23 Copies of Exodus 4Q1= 1 Copy of Melchizedek Commentary Proponents of this hypot… In the 1950s, archaeologists recovered the Dead Sea Scrolls from caves near Qumran on the Great Salt Sea. 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= the same text. The Dead Sea Scrolls Part II Messianic Expectations. 4Q1= Others contain nearly the entire text of the original. into manuscripts, each manuscript was given the series designation 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= fragments were each assigned their own unique series designations. This might be expected to produce some 2 Copies of Apocryphal Chronicles of the Kings of Israel the various caves and discussions of why certain manuscripts were stored in "Piecing together" scroll fragments is like solving jigsaw puzzles with an unknown number of missing parts. 4Q1= 4Q1= 3Q1= 7 Copies of Pesher to Isaiah It is also possible that a fragment now assigned to one document 4Q1= 4Q1= ), (I have corrected a small number of typographical errors while examining specific There is the "Non-biblical" simply means not currently part of the accepted Jewish 4Q1= 2Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 3 Scrolls containing words from Jacob, Judah, and Joseph     (Leiden; E. J. Brill, 1995). 4Q1= It 4Q1= the future. 1 Copy of the Four Songs of Exorcism by David 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 3Q1= done to date was done very thoroughly and with a high degree of care, 4Q1= 4Q1= Still, it is always most interesting to stumble across the totally unexpected. non-biblical texts, biblical scholars were not unduly hindered in their 4Q1= The following superscripts are used here to 3Q1= 7 Copies of Community Blessings and Prayers 4Q1= 9 Copies of Apocryphon of Jeremiah 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= to refer to individual manuscripts. Revised and Extended Fourth Edition, 6 Copies of New Jerusalem prophecy 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= original classification:1. 4Q1= 7 Copies of the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs 3Q1= jigsaw puzzle were worked out long ago, it is still possible that some of the The Dead Sea Scrolls (also the Qumran Caves Scrolls) are ancient Jewish religious manuscripts that were found in the Qumran Caves in the Judaean Desert, near Ein Feshkha on the northern shore of the Dead Sea in the West Bank.Scholarly consensus dates these scrolls from the last three centuries BCE and the first century CE. 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= definitive sources should be consulted by anyone working seriously 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= Today, it should be possible, but there are no 4Q1= 1Q1= joins have been identified. manuscripts are, almost certainly, required. designated herein as DJD I, DJD II, DJD III, etc. 1Q1= 4Q1= certain caves must include the implicit proviso that it is all subject 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 1Q1= their evolving understanding of how the fragments and manuscripts fit 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= certain of the manuscripts. 2Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 31 Phylacteries/Tefillin 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= late 1940's. 4Q1= This list is intended mostly to satisfy amateur scholars, non-Qumran manuscripts are copies of the Damascus Document discovered in 4Q1= 3Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= (Author provided) Finally, when Pauline Donceel-Voûte, Professor of Archaeology and History at the Catholic University of Louvain, was asked to re-examine finds against De Vaux’s original inventory, … 4Q1= 4Q1= Manuscripts or fragments, now numbered separately, may turn out For these, and perhaps other, reasons, there are occasional 2Q1= fragments with no overlaps and no contiguous edges with the other fragments, 4Q1= In a few special cases, one manuscript consumes two numerical series designations. The biblical and non-biblical texts are intermixed here in the order of their listed at the beginning of the lists for their appropriate caves. 4Q1= It is worth having just Some Dead Sea Scrolls in English - 4Q1= 4Q1= The first scrolls discovered near the Dead Sea were of the book of Isaiah. 4Q1= 4Q1= 1 Copy of Beatitudes Prophecy 4Q1= 4Q1= one of the larger scrolls nor a part of any known text. 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= There are many techniques that can 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 37 Scrolls containing Prophecies of Currently Unidentified Prophets 1Q1= 4 Copies of Jeremiah future scholarship and/or investigative techniques will require reassignment 3Q1= 3Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 2 [pp] R. Eisenman and M. Wise, 4Q1= 4Q1= without leaving us any trace that they ever existed; at least, not until the 4Q1= widths of the columns, 6 Copies of Ezekiel recently become available in economical paperback editions suitable 4Q1= 2Q1= 4Q1= provided for the texts; although this is scheduled to be rectified in a companion 4Q1= this work. more than one fragment. 2Q1= Among the discoveries was found the Isaiah Scroll containing a well-preserved scroll of the entire book of Isaiah. 4Q1= 3Q1= Such evidence 4Q1= signs that such reunions have actually occurred under the auspices of the 4Q1= 4Q1= W. G. E. Watson, making these assignments are not infallible, and it is always possible that 4Q1= 4Q1= These -- Allegro publishes The Dead Sea Scrolls, announcing that the Copper scroll contained "an inventory of the the sect's most precious possessions" (183). 4Q1= 4Q1= What is even more interesting, they were lost In other words, these are among the texts that did not make it 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= 4Q1= Seven decades have passed. 22 Scrolls containing the Essene’s Halakhic interpretations of the Law of Moses at the beginning of the Cave 4 list. available English translation(s) for individual scrolls is indicated using superscripts Or, alleged ancient wonders is probably a better way to put it, now that we’ve learned that the 16 fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls the museum has on display are actually fake as fuck. 4Q1= Discovered 70 years ago in caves around Qumran, the Dead Sea Scrolls are among archaeology's most significant scriptural finds, containing the oldest versions of the Hebrew Bible and … 2Q1= 1Q1= 4Q1= appended to the numerical series designation, the official abbreviation 4Q1= 7 Copies of an Apocryphon by Daniel or Habakkuk 4Q1= XQ6=141 scrolls impossible to identify, Daniel: 1Q71, 1Q72, 4Q112, 4Q113, 4Q114, 4Q115, 4Q116, 6Q7=8 copies of Daniel, Jeremiah: 2Q13, 4Q70, 4Q71, 4Q72-72b=4 copies of Jeremiah, Job: 2Q15, 4Q99, 4Q100, 4Q101, 4Q157, 11Q10=6 copies of Job, Ruth: 2Q16, 2Q17, 4Q104, 4Q105=4 copies of Ruth, Moses Apocrypha: 2Q21, 4Q225, 4Q226, 4Q368, 4Q377, 4Q549=6 scrolls containing Moses Apocrypha, Prophecy about Joseph: 2Q22, 4Q371, 4Q372, 4Q373=4 copies of Joseph Prophecy, Lamentations: 3q3, 4Q111, 5Q6, 5Q7=4 copies of Lamentations, Pesher to Isaiah: 3Q4, 4Q161, 4Q162, 4Q163, 4Q164, 4Q165, 4Q176=7 copies of Pesher to Isaiah, Copper Scroll: 3Q15=1 Copy of Copper Scroll, 1+2 Kings: 4Q54, 5Q2, 6Q4=3 copies of 1+2 Kings, Twelve Prophets: 4Q76, 4Q77, 4Q78, 4Q79, 4Q80, 4Q81, 4Q82,4QMinorProphetsH, 5Q4=8 copies of the Twelve Prophets, Proverbs: 4Q102, 4Q103=2 copies of Proverbs, Song of Songs: 4Q106, 4Q107, 4Q108, 6Q6=4 copies of Song of Songs, Ecclesiastes: 4Q109, 4Q110=2 copies of Ecclesiastes, 1+2 Chronicles: 4Q118=1 copy of 1+2 Chronicles, Apocryphon of Joshua: 4Q123, 4Q124, 4Q125, 4Q378, 4Q379, 4Q522, 5Q9=7 copies of Apocryphon of Joshua, Mezuzahs: 4Q149, 4Q150, 4Q151, 4Q152, 4Q153, 4Q154, 4Q155, 8Q4=8 Mezuzahs, Essene Halakha: 4Q159, 4Q251, 4Q264a, 4Q265, 4Q274, 4Q275, 4Q276, 4Q277, 4Q278, 4Q279, 4Q284+284a, 4Q393, 4Q394, 4Q395, 4Q396, 4Q397, 4Q398, 4Q399, 4Q414, 4Q512, 4Q513, 4Q514=22 scrolls containing halakhic interpretations of the Law, Apocryphon of Samuel: 4Q160, 6Q9=2 copies of Apocryphon of Samuel, Quotations: 4Q174, 4Q175=2 Scrolls Containing Quotations, Damascus Covenant: 4Q177, 4Q182, CD-A, CD-B, 4Q266, 4Q267, 4Q268, 4Q269, 4Q270, 4Q271, 4Q272, 4Q273, 5Q12, 5Q13, 6Q15=15 copies of Damascus Document, Apocryphon of Jeremiah: 4Q179, 4Q383, 4Q384, 4Q385a-b, 4Q387a-b, 388a, 4Q389-389a, 4Q390, 4Q392-393=9 copies of Apocryphon of Jeremiah, Ages of Creation: 4Q180, 4Q181=2 scrolls containing Ages of Creation, Apocryphal Wisdom: 4Q184, 4Q185, 4Q298, 4Q370, 4Q412, 4Q413, 4Q419, 4Q420, 4Q421, 4Q423, 4Q424, 4Q425, 4Q455, 4Q525= 14 scrolls containing Apocryphal Wisdom, Tobit: 4Q196, 4Q197, 4Q198, 4Q199, 4Q200=5 copies of Tobit, Enoch: 4Q201, 4Q202, 4Q204, 4Q205, 4Q206, 4Q207, 4Q208, 4Q209, 4Q210, 4Q211, 4Q212, 7Q3-18, XQpapEn=13 copies of Enoch, Genesis Commentary: 4Q225, 4Q226, 4Q227, 4Q228, 4Q252, 4Q253, 4Q254-254a, 4Q463=8 scrolls containing Genesis Commentary, Apocryphon of Habakkuk/Daniel: 4Q242, 4Q243, 4Q244, 4Q245, 4Q551, 4Q552, 4Q553=7 copies of Apocryphon of Habakkuk/Daniel, Messianic Prophecy: 4Q246, 4Q475, 4Q521, 4Q541=4 scrolls containing Messianic Prophecy, Curses: 4Q280, 5Q14=2 scrolls containing curses, Essene Interpretation of Prophecy: 4Q285, 11Q14=2 copies of Interpretation of Prophecy, Community Blessings and Prayers:  4Q286, 4Q287, 4Q288, 4Q289, 4Q290, 4Q291, 4Q292=7 copies of Community Blessings and Prayers, Calendar of the Priests: 4Q317, 4Q318, 4Q319, 4Q320, 4Q321-321a, 4Q323, 4Q324-324a+c, 4Q325, 4Q326, 4Q327, 4Q328, 4Q329-329a, 4Q330, 4Q337=14 scrolls containing the Calendar of the Priests, Maccabean Historical References: 4Q322, 4Q323, 4Q324a-b=3 scrolls containing historical references to the Maccabeean era, Liturgy Office: 4Q334=1 copy of Liturgy Office, List of Names: 4Q339, 4Q340, 4Q341=3 scrolls containing a list of names, Prayer Meditating on Biblical history: 4Q369, 4Q499=two copies of the Prayer Meditating on Biblical History, Other Apocryphal Psalms of David: 4Q380, 4Q381, 4Q408, 4Q409, 4Q411, 4Q433+433a, 4Q440-440a, 4Q441, 4Q442, 4Q443, 4Q444, 4Q445, 4Q446, 4Q447, 4Q448, 4Q449, 4Q450, 4Q451, 4Q452, 4Q453, 4Q454, 4Q456, 4Q503, 4Q504, 4Q506, 4Q507, 4Q508, 11Q15, 11Q16=29 scrolls containing psalms of David, Prayer of Manasseh: 4Q381=1 copy of Prayer of Manasseh, Apocryphal Chronicles of the Kings of Israel: 4Q382, 4Q481a=two copies of Apocryphal Chronicles of the Kings of Israel, Apocryphon of Ezekiel: 4Q385, 4Q385c, 4Q386, 4Q388, 4Q391=5 copies of Apocryphon of Ezekiel, Sabbath Songs of David: Mas1k, 4Q400, 4Q401, 4Q402, 4Q403, 4Q404, 4Q405, 4Q406, 4Q407, 11Q17=10 copies of Sabbath Songs of David, Unknown Seer: 4Q410= 1 copy of the Unknown Seer, Blessing Psalms of David: 4Q434-434a, 4Q435, 4Q436, 4Q437, 4Q438=5 copies of Blessing Psalms of David, Two Ways Text: 4Q473=1 copy of Two Ways text, Songs of Solomon the Sage: 4Q510, 4Q511=2 copies of Songs of the Sage, Beatitudes Prophecy: 4Q525=1 copy of Beatitudes prophecy, Apocryphon of Malachi: 4Q529=1 copy of the Book of Michael, Patriarchs: 4Q537, 4Q538, 4Q539=3 scrolls containing words from Jacob, Judah, and joseph, Testament of Kohath: 4Q542=1 copy of Kohath, Testament of Amram: 4Q543, 4Q544, 4Q545, 4Q546, 4Q547=5 copies of Amram, Patireza and Bagasro: 4Q550-550e=1 copy of Patireza and Bagasro, Prophecy about the Judges: 4Q551=1 copy=1 copy of Judges Prophecy, Prophecy About Elijah: 4Q558=1 copy of Prophecy about Elijah, Chronological Text: 4Q559=1 copy of Chronological text, Letter of Jeremiah: 7Q2=1 copy of Letter of Jeremiah, Four Songs of Exorcism of David: 11Q11=1 copy of the Four Psalms of Exorcism by David, Melchizedek Commentary: 11Q13=1 copy of Melchizedek commentary, Gabriel Stone: XQGab=1 copy of the Revelation of Gabriel. 1 Copy of Noah 4Q1= 7 Copies of Apocryphon of Joshua 4Q1= 4Q1= Once the fragments had been reassembled 1Q1= Most of the early manuscripts and a high percentage of the Cave 4 manuscripts Scrolls. 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