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The Dead Sea Scrolls preserved ancient Jewish texts for more than 2,000 years.

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Hidden in desert caves and found from 1947, the Dead Sea Scrolls preserved Jewish texts over two thousand years old, including the oldest known biblical manuscripts.

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Aynı kart, başka bir dilde.

Ölü Deniz Parşömenleri, antik Yahudi metinlerini 2.000 yılı aşkın süre korudu.

Çöl mağaralarında saklanan ve 1947'den itibaren bulunan Ölü Deniz Parşömenleri, iki bin yılı aşkın Yahudi metinlerini korudu; bilinen en eski İncil elyazmaları da bunların arasında.

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