An open reading room for the Dead Sea Scrolls
Read the scrolls, one witness and one line at a time.
Explore transcriptions, follow biblical and community texts, and use the lexicon to linger over the words. No account is needed to begin.
Read the Great Isaiah ScrollExplore all manuscripts
קול קורא במדבר
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Browse the catalog Navigate the collectionBible texts
Move through the biblical works preserved among the manuscripts.
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Read rules, hymns, interpretations, and other works from the Qumran world.
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Search a phrase. Follow a word.
Use search to locate a line or manuscript, then open the lexicon to trace Hebrew and Aramaic terms across the collection.
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