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title: Dead Sea Scroll Qohelet from Qumran
author: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8467/dead-sea-scroll-qohelet-from-qumran/
format: machine-readable-alternate
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# Dead Sea Scroll Qohelet from Qumran

_Authored by [Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/OsamaSMAmin/)_

## Image File

[![Dead Sea Scroll Qohelet from Qumran](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/8467.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/8467.jpg)

## Image Caption

This is Dead Sea Scroll number 4Q109, known as Qohelet (Ecclesiastes), which was found in Cave 4 at Qumran (Khirbet Qumran or Wadi Qumran). The [Dead Sea Scrolls](https://www.worldhistory.org/Dead_Sea_Scrolls/) are ancient Jewish religious manuscripts. The majority were written in Hebrew [script](https://www.worldhistory.org/script/) on leather or papyrus; however, many were written in Aramaic, [Greek](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/greek/), and [Nabatean](https://www.worldhistory.org/Kingdom_of_Nabatea/)-Aramaic. They were rolled-up and stored in specific jars with tight-fitting covers. When initially found, they were either scrolls or fragments of manuscripts or texts of previous complete scrolls; some of them were torn into thousands of fragments. Cave 4 originally contained about three-quarters of the scrolls. The precise dating of the scrolls is unknown; scholars give the range of 408 BCE to 318 CE. From Qumran Cave 4, West Bank of the [Jordan](https://www.worldhistory.org/Jordan/) River, near the north part of the Dead Sea, modern-day State of [Israel](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Israel/). (The Jordan Museum, Amman, Jordan Hashemite Kingdom).

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## About the Author

Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.
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## Cite This Work

### APA
Amin, O. S. M. (2018, April 05). Dead Sea Scroll Qohelet from Qumran. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8467/dead-sea-scroll-qohelet-from-qumran/>
### Chicago
Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Dead Sea Scroll Qohelet from Qumran." *World History Encyclopedia*, April 05, 2018. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8467/dead-sea-scroll-qohelet-from-qumran/>.
### MLA
Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Dead Sea Scroll Qohelet from Qumran." *World History Encyclopedia*, 05 Apr 2018, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8467/dead-sea-scroll-qohelet-from-qumran/>.

## License & Copyright

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