The Israel Antiquities Authority announced on Tuesday, March 16th 2021 that it has recovered dozens of fragments of a biblical scroll for the first time in about 60 years.
The Dead Sea Scroll fragments include portions from the Book of 12 Minor Prophets, including the books of Zechariah and Nahum.
This passage from Zechariah 8:16-17 is one example of a text that was found.
Zechariah 8:16 These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:
Zechariah 8:17 And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the Lord.
The fragments are believed to be 2,000 years old. Despite the fact that most of the text is in Greek, the name of God appears in ancient Hebrew script, known from the times of the First Temple in Jerusalem.
Archaeologists also discovered a hoard of coins from the time of the Jewish Bar Kokhba revolt; a 6,000-year-old partially mummified skeleton of a child and a well-preserved more than a 10,000-year-old basket, which may be the oldest intact basket in the world.
Nearly 50 miles of caves have been surveyed so far using drones, rappelling techniques, and mountain climbing equipment, the Israel Antiquities Authority said.
The Dead Sea Scrolls, first discovered more than 70 years ago, are the oldest known copies of the Bible.
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