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The first '''Dead Sea Scrolls''' to be found, were discovered by Bedouin shepards in 1947 who uncovered seven scrolls in a cave. In the following decade, further searches yielded many thousands of scroll fragments and there are currently approximately 850 such documents known to exist. A nearby habitation, known as [[Qumran]], was also excavated in this time in an effort to identify the people who left the scrolls in the caves.

The first '''Dead Sea Scrolls''' to be found, were discovered by Bedouin shepards in 1947 who uncovered seven scrolls in a cave. In the following decade, further searches yielded many thousands of scroll fragments and there are currently over 900 such documents known to exist found in eleven different caves.<ref>http://www.sdnhm.org/scrolls/history.html</ref> A nearby habitation, known as [[Qumran]], was also excavated in this time in an effort to identify the people who left the scrolls in the caves.

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Many of the scrolls are now conserved in [[Jerusalem]].

Many of the scrolls are now conserved in [[Jerusalem]].

Most part of ''the biblical books that have survived two millennia in the caves are extremely fragmented; many are no larger than the size of a postcard, and some fragments are as small as a postage stamp. Even the smallest fragment, however, can add to our knowledge of the Bible.''... ''With the exception of the [[book of Esther]], every book of the Old Testament has been found in the Qumran caves.'' <ref>  [http://byubroadcasting.org/deadsea/book/chapter2/sec1.html Old Testament Texts at Qumran] </ref>

Most part of ''the biblical books that have survived two millennia in the caves are extremely fragmented; many are no larger than the size of a postcard, and some fragments are as small as a postage stamp. Even the smallest fragment, however, can add to our knowledge of the Bible.''... ''With the exception of the [[book of Esther]], every book of the Old Testament has been found in the Qumran caves.'' <ref>  [http://byubroadcasting.org/deadsea/book/chapter2/sec1.html Old Testament Texts at Qumran] </ref>  All told, 230 Biblical manuscripts have been found (of course many are copies of the same books).<ref>http://www.sdnhm.org/scrolls/history.html</ref>