Slide Title

Qumran: Caves where the Dead Sea Scrolls were Discovered

Photographer/Creator

Chet Smolski, Rhode Island College

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Date

Spring 4-1980

Description

In 1947 a group of Bedouin shepherds happened upon what would be known as the Dead Sea Scrolls. Between 1947 and 1956 both the Bedouin and archaeologists performed a comprehensive search of eleven caves in Qumran, which resulted in the recovery of thousands of fragments and several nearly complete scrolls.

RIAMCO Link

Finding Aid on RIAMCO to Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications

Notes

Vanderkam, James C. The Dead Sea Scrolls Today. (Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1994) pp. 10-12

Rights

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Creator 1 Role

Photographer

Subject Headings

Dead Sea scrolls; Religion -- Archaeology and religion; Archaeology -- Israel -- Qumran;

Country Name

Israel

City Name

Qumran

Recommended Citation

Smolski, Chet, "Qumran: Caves where the Dead Sea Scrolls were Discovered" (1980). Browse All. 753.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/753