The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls and their significance in the biblical world

The writings of the Dead Sea were discovered in some caves of the Judean Desert in 1947. These scrolls are now in the Israel
Museum of Jerusalem. They, and the research to which they have given occasion, are important because they are the oldest
biblical manuscripts of the Old Testament. On the other hand, among the Dead Sea scrolls there are many writings concerting
the rules of the sectarian community of Essenes. The archaeological excavations have discovered the building for
communal activities of the monastic people who dwelled in the caves.