The discovery

Muhammed edh-Dhib along with his nephew discovered the caves, and soon afterwards the scrolls. John C. Trever reconstructed the story of the scrolls by many interviews with the Bedouin. edh-Dhib's cousin noticed the caves, however edh-Dhib on his own has been the first to really fall into one. He retrieved a small number of scrolls, which Trever recognizes as being the Isaiah Scroll, Habakkuk Commentary, as well as the Community Rule (initially known as ``Manual of Discipline''), and took them back into the camping to show to his family. None from the scrolls had been damaged on this course of action, in spite of common rumor.

The Dead Sea Scrolls appear to be the particular library of a Jewish sect, deemed more than likely the Essenes. Close to the caves are the historic ruins of Qumran, there is one village excavated during the early 1950's which exhibits connections both the Essenes and also the scrolls.

Qumran is a good archaeological site in the West Bank. It is situated upon one dry plateau roughly a mile away from the coast from the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea, near the Israeli settlement deal and kibbutz of Kalia.

Figure 2: The Qumran cavern

The Essenes had been strictly observant Jewish scribes, who appear Messianic as well as apocalyptic in believing. The library appears to have ended up concealed away within caverns around the outbreak of the initial Jewish Revolt (66-70 A.D.) when the Roman military progressed while combating the Jews.

Whatever may be the beginnings of these scrolls, their importance continues to be irrefutable. People see it through numerous points of views and try to draw meanings from it.