Dead Sea scrolls

/ˌˈdɛd ˈsi ˌskroʊlz/
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Definitions of Dead Sea scrolls
  1. noun
    (Old Testament) a collection of written scrolls (containing nearly all of the Old Testament) found in a cave near the Dead Sea in the late 1940s
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    a document that can be rolled up (as for storage)
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