Fragments of Dead Sea scrolls discovered in Naqab
Occupied Naqab (QNN)- Researchers unveiled on Tuesday dozens of newly discovered Dead Sea Scroll fragments containing biblical texts dating back nearly 2,000 years, adding to the body of artifacts that have shed light on the history of Palestine and Jordan.
The fragments of parchment bear lines of Greek text from the books of Zechariah and Nahum and have been dated around the 1st century AD based on the writing style, according to the Israeli Antiquities Authority. They are the first new scrolls found in archeological excavations in the desert in 60 years.
The Dead Sea Scrolls are incredibly important in the realm of theological history due to the fact that they hold the earliest known copies of religious texts and documents that detail the beliefs of the Bible.
The Dead Sea scrolls, a collection of Jewish texts found in desert caves in the West Bank near Qumran in the 1940s and 1950s, date from the 3rd century BC to the 1st century AD.
The occupation state captured the West Bank in the 1967 war, and international law prohibits the removal of cultural property from occupied territory. However, ‘Israel’ stole a part of the scrolls and is keeping them in its museums.
