Talk:Dead Sea Scrolls

In Pop Culture

Shouldn't there be a link to the Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise in a pop culture tab, due the high popularity of it and the importance of the scrolls in the franchise Jonathan Sims, The Archivist (talk) 06:54, 2 October 2025 (UTC)

Name change

Oriental institute in Chicago is now known as as “Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Museum” or “ISAC”. ~2025-35833-84 (talk) 04:20, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for this. Have updated the section of the article accordingly. Stephen Walch (talk) 09:42, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

Remove unsubstantiated origin claims? 4 February 2026

Remove from the "Origin" section, subsection: "Christian Origin Theory", the following unsupported text: "This theory was scrutinized in the year 2000 by paleographic analysis of the particular fragment. However, this faced some contention, and O'Callaghan's theory remains an area of great dispute. Later analyses in 2004 and 2018 lent credence to O'Callaghan's original assertion." Motorizedtrees (talk) 23:08, 4 February 2026 (UTC)

 Done Day Creature (talk) 03:59, 5 February 2026 (UTC)

Thanks! Motorizedtrees (talk) 21:44, 5 February 2026 (UTC)

Changed system refuses URL it hitherto did accept

At "Scholarly examination"" I rearranged existing material. A segment (After most of the scrolls and fragments were moved to the Palestine Archaeological Museum in 1953, scholars began to assemble them and log them for translation and study in a room that became known as the "scrollery".) was referenced from a source the system now refuses to admit. Removed. I hope editors or the bot will find acceptable alternative.

url: http://archives [dot] dawn [dot] com/archives [slash] 45166

access-date: 14 June 2012

archive-url: https://archive [dot] today [slash] 20131108073851/http://archives [dot] dawn [dot] com [slash] archives [slash] 45166

archive-date: 8 November 2013 Arminden (talk) 11:46, 24 April 2026 (UTC)

Fixed Arminden (talk) 11:57, 24 April 2026 (UTC)

Definition: Qumran AND other Jud. Desert sites! => also Latin, Arabic

Like always: Definition first.

Here we have: MSS from Qumran AND other Judaean Desert sites! This is not always clear from the way the material is formulated, much of it ignores what's not from Qumran. One consequence of sticking to the topic at hand is: 6, not 4 languages, i.e. also Latin and Arabic.

What we now have reads:

Languages

The texts of the Dead Sea Scrolls are written in four languages: Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, and Nabataean.

That's wrong. If we were only dealing w. Qumran, then no Nabataean either, but since other Judaean Desert sites are included: Latin and Arabic must be added. Either - or. Maybe this corresponded to an old state of DSS studies? Then pls say so, or even better: update. Arminden (talk) 19:49, 24 April 2026 (UTC)

Do the smaller collections display their DSS fragments?

See list (fragments number by collection):

• 115 - Schøyen Collection
• 8 - Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
• 5 - Azusa Pacific University
• 1 - Ashland Theological Seminary
• 1 - ISAC Museum (Oriental Institute), Chicago
• 1 - Lanier Theological Library
• 1 - private collection, Pasadena
• 1 - Syrian Orthodox Church, E U.S. archdiocese

Arminden (talk) 11:48, 25 April 2026 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 31 May 2026

Change

scrolls (see § Caves and their contents) housed

to

scrolls (see § Qumran caves and their contents) housed

to fix the link. BetrayedOrange (talk) 17:56, 31 May 2026 (UTC)

 Done Day Creature (talk) 22:26, 31 May 2026 (UTC)