Ancient Writings
Contents
Essenes


Scrolls found and Cave number







CAVE ONE

  • Complete Isaiah
  • Incomplete Isaiah
  • Genesis Apocryphon
  • Commentary of Habakkuk
  • Community Rule
  • War Scroll
  • Thanksgiving Hymns
  • Genesis
  • Exodus
  • Leviticus in palaeo-Hebrew script
  • Deuteronomy
  • Judges
  • I and II Samuel
  • Fragments belonging to incomplete Isaiah Scroll
  • Ezekiel
  • Psalms
  • Plylactery
  • Commentary on Micah
  • Commentary on Zephaniah
  • Commentary on Psalms
  • Jubilees
  • Book of Noah
  • Genesis Apocryphon
  • Aramaic Testament of Levi
  • Sayings of Moses
  • Book of the Giants (Enoch)
  • Apocryphal prophecy
  • Wisdom Text
  • Book of Mysteries
  • Rule of the Congregation
  • Benedictions
  • Liturgical text
  • Liturgical text II
  • Aramiac New Jerusalem
  • War Scroll
  • Liturgical Prayers
  • Thanksgiving Humns
  • Hymns
  • Unidentified Hebrew fragments
  • Unidentified Aramaic fragments
  • Unidentified papyrus fragments
  • Daniel



    CAVE TWO

  • Genesis
  • Exodus
  • Leviticus in Paleo- Hebrew script
  • Numbers
  • Deuteronomy
  • Jeremiah
  • Psalms
  • Job
  • Ruth
  • Ben Sira
  • Jubilees
  • Moses Apocryphon
  • David Apocryphon
  • Apocryphal prophecy
  • Aramaic text on the New Jerusalem
  • Legal Document
  • Book of the Giants (Enoch)
  • Unidentified fragments



    CAVE THREE

  • Ezekiel
  • Psalms
  • Lamentations
  • Commentary on Isaiah
  • Jubilees
  • Hymn
  • Testament of Juday
  • A text mentioning the Angel of Peace
  • Secretarian text
  • Small unidentified Hebrew fragments
  • Small unidentified Aramaic fragments
  • Unidentified fragments
  • Copper Scroll



    CAVE FOUR

  • Genesis - Exodus
  • Genesis
  • Parabiblical Genesis
  • Title tag of Genesis
  • Exodus
  • Leviticus - Numbers
  • Leviticus
  • Numbers
  • Deuteronomy
  • Joshua
  • Judges
  • Samuel
  • Kings
  • Isaiah
  • Jeremiah
  • Ezekiel
  • Monor Prophets
  • Psalms
  • Job
  • Proverbs
  • Ruth
  • Songs of Songs
  • Ecclesiastes
  • Lamentations
  • Daniel
  • Chronicles
  • Genesis - Exodus
  • Exodus
  • Greek Leviticus
  • Greek Numbers
  • Greek Deuteronomy
  • Parabiblical Joshua fragment
  • Unidentified fragments
  • Unindentified Greek fragments
  • Greek parabiblical Exodus fragments
  • Phylacteries
  • Mezuzot
  • Targum of Leviticus
  • Targum of Job
  • Biblical paraphrases
  • Ordinances
  • Vision of Samuel
  • Commentary of Isaiah
  • Commentary of Hosea
  • Commentary on Micah
  • Commentary on Nahum
  • Commentary of Zephaniah
  • Commentary on Psalms
  • Commentary on unidentified text
  • Commentary on Psalms
  • Florilegium
  • Testimonia
  • Tanhumim
  • Catena A
  • Unnamed 1
  • Apocryphal Lamentations
  • Ages of Creation
  • Unnamed 2
  • Catena B
  • Unnamed 3
  • Wiles of the Wicked Woman
  • Unnamed 4
  • Cryptic texts
  • Tobit in Aramaic
  • Tobit in Hebrew
  • Enoch
  • Astrological Enoch
  • Enoch and his Letter
  • Aramaic Testament of levi
  • Testament of Naphtali
  • Jubilees
  • Pseudepigraphic work in Mishnaic Hebrew
  • Catalogue of Spirits
  • New Jerusalem in Hebrew
  • Fragments with place - names
  • Scribal exercise
  • Book of Kings
  • Psalm
  • Psalter
  • Habakkuk 3 and Songs
  • Pesharim on the true Israel
  • Commentary on the Song of Songs
  • Fragments citing Lamentations
  • Prayer of Nabonidus
  • Pseudo - Daniel in Aramiac
  • Aramiac apocalypse
  • Apocalypse of Weeks
  • Acts of a Greek King
  • Midrash Sefer Mosheh A
  • Text written on verses
  • Legal commentary on Torah
  • Commentary on Genesis
  • Serakh
  • Serekh - Damascus
  • Damascus
  • Tohorot A
  • Tohorot B
  • Tohorot B C D
  • Tohorot D
  • Serekh ha-Niddot
  • Leqer
  • Serekh ha-Milhamah
  • Berakhot
  • Work containing prayers
  • Rules and Euchologies
  • Words of a Sage to sons of Dawn
  • Mysteries A - B
  • Mysteries C
  • Praise of God
  • Parable of the Tree
  • Meditation on Creation A - B
  • Fragments concerning people who err
  • Sapiential fragments
  • Aramiac work in cursive script
  • Cryptic text A
  • Four parcels of uninscribed leather
  • Fragments in Hebrew
  • Fragments on the phases of the Moon
  • Zodiology and Brontology
  • Otot
  • Calendar
  • Historical work on Papyrus A B C
  • Ordo
  • Astronomical works
  • Genealogical list
  • List of False Prophets
  • List of Netinim
  • List of proper names
  • Letter in Judaeo - Aramiac
  • Letter in Nabataean
  • Acknowledgement of debt
  • Sale of Land in Aramaic
  • Ownership document in Hebrew
  • Hebrew sale of property
  • Account of cereal in Greek
  • Accounts of cereal
  • Accounts of money
  • List of persons
  • Scribal exercise
  • Doodles on papyrus
  • Undeciphered Cryptic B
  • Reworked Pentateuch
  • Prayer of Enoch
  • Pentateuch Apocryphon
  • Moses Apocryphon A
  • Moses Apocryphon B
  • Moses Apocryphon C
  • Psalms of Joshua
  • Apocryphal Psalms
  • Para - Kings
  • Apocryphal Jeremiah A
  • B on papyrus
  • Pseudo - Ezekiel
  • Pseudo Moses
  • Apocryphal Jeremiah
  • Liturgical works
  • Songs of Sabbath
  • Sacrifice
  • Sapiential work
  • Liturgy
  • Baptismal liturgy
  • Sapiential work B
  • Ways of Righteousness
  • Commentary on Genesis and Exodus
  • Rule of the Farmer
  • Sapiential work E
  • Sapiential work C
  • Thanksgiving Hymns
  • Hodayot - like fragment
  • Barki nafshi
  • Work similar to Hadayot
  • Prayers
  • Poetic fragments Apocryphal Psalms and King Jonothan
  • Prayers
  • Narratives
  • Fragment mentiong Zedekiah
  • War
  • Polemical fragment
  • Prayer of Michael
  • Decrees of the sect
  • Tobit on papyrus
  • Fragment mentioning Elisha



    CAVE FIVE

  • Deuteronomy
  • Kings
  • Isaiah
  • Amos
  • Psalms
  • Lamentations
  • Phylactery
  • Place - names
  • Apocryphal Malachi
  • Serekh
  • Damascus
  • Liturgical curses
  • Aramaic New Jerusalem
  • small unidentified and unclassified fragments



    CAVE SIX

  • Genesis in Palaeo- Hebrew
  • Leviticus in Palaeo - Hebrew
  • Deuteronomy
  • Kings
  • Psalms
  • Songs of Songs
  • Daniel on papyrus
  • Book of Giants (Enoch)
  • Samuel - Kings apocryphon on papyrus
  • Apocryphal prophecy
  • Priestly prophecy
  • Aramaic Apocalypse
  • Damascus
  • Benedictions of papyrus
  • Calendar
  • Hymns on papyrus
  • Aramaic text related to Genesis
  • Prophetic fragment
  • Unindentified hebrew text
  • Unidentified Aramaic texts
  • Diverse fragments



    CAVE SEVEN

  • Greek Exodus
  • Greek Epistle of Jeremiah
  • Unidentified Greek biblical fragments
  • Unidentified tiny fragments
  • Imprints of Greek papyrus on plaster



    CAVE EIGHT

  • Genesis
  • Psalms
  • Phylactery
  • Mezuzah
  • Liturgical poem



    CAVE NINE

  • Papyrus fragment



    CAVE TEN

  • Ostracon



    CAVE ELEVEN

  • Leviticus in palaeo- Hebrew
  • Leviticus
  • Deuteronomy
  • Ezekiel
  • Psalms
  • Targum of Job
  • Apocryphal Psalms
  • Jubilees
  • Melchizedek
  • Berakhah
  • Hymns
  • Songs of the Sabbath
  • Sacrifice
  • New Jerusalem
  • Temple Scroll
  • Temple scroll fragments
  • Unidentified fragments



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