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#the [[Book of Sirach]] was found, in multiple fragments, in the Dead Sea Scrolls, which reinforced the acceptance of this controversial book despite the modern exclusion of it from [[Protestant]] and Jewish [[Bible]]s.

#the [[Book of Sirach]] was found, in multiple fragments, in the Dead Sea Scrolls, which reinforced the acceptance of this controversial book despite the modern exclusion of it from [[Protestant]] and Jewish [[Bible]]s.

#the [[Book of Tobit]] was considered to be canonical (completely authoritative) by the [[Essenes]] community at [[Qumran]], which had at least 5 manuscript copies of it, in contrast with the view by some today that it is [[Apocrypha]].<ref name="C"/>

#the [[Book of Tobit]] was considered to be canonical (completely authoritative) by the [[Essenes]] community at [[Qumran]], which had at least 5 manuscript copies of it, in contrast with the view by some today that it is [[Apocrypha]].<ref name="C"/>

#the Dead Sea Scrolls were not exclusively limited to the [[Bible]] used today, including Aramaic Proverbs<ref>https://www.deadseascrolls.org.il/explore-the-archive/manuscript/4Q569-1?locale=en_US</ref> and other learned texts, which illustrates that the [[Essenes]] did not view ancient [[Hebrew]] [[Scriptures]] as the only authority.

#the Dead Sea Scrolls were not exclusively limited to the [[Bible]] used today, as the Dead Sea Scrolls incuded Aramaic Proverbs<ref>https://www.deadseascrolls.org.il/explore-the-archive/manuscript/4Q569-1?locale=en_US</ref> and other many other manuscripts of wisdom, which illustrates that the [[Essenes]] did not view ancient [[Hebrew]] [[Scriptures]] as the only and exclusive authority.

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