The ancient Hebrews who created the longest of the Dead Sea Scrolls did so using unique technology that may have helped the parchment survive so well over the last 2,000 years, researchers have ...

Microscopic analysis of the most beautiful and best preserved of the Dead Sea Scrolls has revealed that the parchment was treated with mysterious salts. Researchers found that the Temple Scroll was ...

Since the first discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1947, the faded parchments of Qumran have provided extraordinary insights into the nature of Judaism at the time when Christianity was born. Now, ...

A portion of the Temple Scroll, one of the longest of the Dead Sea Scrolls. (Israel Museum) A portion of the Temple Scroll, one of the longest of the Dead Sea Scrolls. (Israel Museum) (CN) – The Dead ...

A Torah scroll that was written and dedicated to a synagogue that will be built on the Temple Mount was brought for safekeeping at the Karlin Yeshiva in the haredi city of Modi'in Illit. The scroll ...

Among the thousands pieces of parchment found in caves above the Dead Sea, the one known as the Temple Scroll has stood out for its shape, color and fairly unblemished text compared to the rest of the ...

From a World War II warehouse in Prague to Port St. Lucie, a torah scroll has found a new home at Temple Beth EI Israel. This scroll, which features the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, is one of ...