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The Essenes or Essenians were a mystic Jewish community during the Second Temple period that flourished from the 2nd century BCE to the 1st century CE.
Remains of part of the main building at Qumran
The Genesis Apocryphon, part of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Dead Sea Scrolls
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The Dead Sea Scrolls, which mostly consist of the Qumran Caves Scrolls, are a set of ancient Jewish biblical manuscripts from the Second Temple period. They were discovered over a period of ten years,
Essenes
…sacred writings. The Essenes have gained fame in modern times as a result of the discovery of an extensive group of religious documents known as the Dead Sea Scrolls, which are commonly believed to be the Essenes' library. The scrolls were found at Qumran, an archaeological site situated along the northwestern shore…
Caves at Qumran
Qumran cave 4, where ninety per cent of the scrolls were found
A view of the Dead Sea from a cave at Qumran in which some of the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered
The Isaiah Scroll (1QIsaa) contains almost the whole Book of Isaiah.