Dead Sea Scrolls What were they hiding?

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Dead Sea Scrolls? What were they hiding? <Tab/>1991 marks the year the controversy of the famous Dead Sea Scrolls erupted in full force. Since their discovery in 1947, roughly two thousand years have passed since the scrolls were supposedly written and left in the caves. The fact that they are the oldest body of manuscripts relating to the Bible and to the time of Jesus of Nazareth make them a truly remarkable …

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