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The Damascus Document
There is a small, awkward truth about the Dead Sea Scrolls that the popular literature has smoothed over for half a century: the first one was not found at Qumran. The first…
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The Damascus Document
A wooden reading lectern is set inside a limestone cave. An oil lamp flickers on a low stone ledge, throwing a circle of warm light across an open parchment. Above the lectern,…