Digital humanities Archives

Dead Sea Scrolls: two scribes probably wrote one of the manuscripts

Shutterstock/Lerner Vadim Peter Phillips, Durham University Ever since the Dead Sea Scrolls were accidentally discovered over 70 years ago in a cave in the Palestinian territories, they have been a source of fascination. The scrolls are famous for containing the oldest manuscripts of the Hebrew Bible. But exactly who wrote these important documents has been a mystery. Now, thanks to …