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[[Image:Dead Sea Scrolls.jpg|thumb|Dead Sea Scrolls]]

[[Image:Dead Sea Scrolls.jpg|thumb|Dead Sea Scrolls]]

The '''Dead Sea scrolls''' include several of the oldest extant manuscripts of the [[Old Testament]], found in a remarkable modern discovery near the [[Dead Sea]] in [[Israel]]. This discovery proved the accuracy of the copying and preservation of [[Scriptures]] over thousands of years, because the ancient contents of these scrolls are virtually identical to the modern content today.  In addition, these scrolls and fragments -- totaling nearly a thousand -- are an important source of information about the [[Holy Land]] in the first century after [[Jesus Christ]]'s ministry on earth.  '''''These Dead Sea Scrolls predate prior oldest complete copies of the [[Old Testament]] by a millennium, and yet confirm every detail perfectly, and [[AI]] discovered they are older than previously thought'''''.<ref>[https://nypost.com/2025/06/04/world-news/dead-sea-scrolls-much-older-than-previously-thought-ai-based-study-finds/ "Dead Sea Scrolls much older than previously thought, AI-based study finds" (''NY Post'')]

The '''Dead Sea scrolls''' include several of the oldest extant manuscripts of the [[Old Testament]], found in a remarkable modern discovery near the [[Dead Sea]] in [[Israel]]. This discovery proved the accuracy of the copying and preservation of [[Scriptures]] over thousands of years, because the ancient contents of these scrolls are virtually identical to the modern content today.  In addition, these scrolls and fragments -- totaling nearly a thousand -- are an important source of information about the [[Holy Land]] in the first century after [[Jesus Christ]]'s ministry on earth.  '''''These Dead Sea Scrolls predate prior oldest complete copies of the [[Old Testament]] by a millennium, and yet confirm every detail perfectly, and [[AI]] discovered they are older than previously thought'''''.<ref>[https://nypost.com/2025/06/04/world-news/dead-sea-scrolls-much-older-than-previously-thought-ai-based-study-finds/ "Dead Sea Scrolls much older than previously thought, AI-based study finds" (''NY Post'')]</ref>

A surprising amount of [[Greek]] in the Dead Sea Scrolls suggests that it was more commonly used by [[Jesus]] and his [[Apostles]] than previously thought:

A surprising amount of [[Greek]] in the Dead Sea Scrolls suggests that it was more commonly used by [[Jesus]] and his [[Apostles]] than previously thought: