DEAD SEA SCROLLS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Dead Sea scrolls mean? 

• DEAD SEA SCROLLS (noun)
  The noun DEAD SEA SCROLLS has 1 sense:

1. (Old Testament) a collection of written scrolls (containing nearly all of the Old Testament) found in a cave near the Dead Sea in the late 1940s

  Familiarity information: DEAD SEA SCROLLS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEAD SEA SCROLLS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Old Testament) a collection of written scrolls (containing nearly all of the Old Testament) found in a cave near the Dead Sea in the late 1940s

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

the Dead Sea Scrolls provide information about Judaism and the Bible around the time of Jesus

Instance hypernyms:

roll; scroll (a document that can be rolled up (as for storage))

Domain category:

Old Testament (the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible)