List of the Dead Sea Scrolls

The following is a list of the Dead Sea Scrolls from the caves near Qumran. The Dead Sea Scrolls are a collection of manuscripts discovered between 1946 and 1956 in the West Bank near the Dead Sea.

List of manuscripts

The content of many scrolls hasn't been fully published. Some resources for more complete information on the scrolls are the book by Emanuel Tov, "Revised Lists of the Texts from the Judaean Desert" for a complete list of all of the Dead Sea Scroll texts, as well as the online webpages for the Shrine of the Book and the Leon Levy Collection, both of which present photographs and images of the scrolls and fragments themselves for closer study. Information is not always comprehensive, as content for many scrolls has not yet been fully published.

Qumran Cave 1

Description Wadi Qumran Cave 1 was discovered for the first time in 1946. The initial discovery, by Bedouin shepherd Muhammed edh-Dhib, his cousin Jum'a Muhammed, and Khalil Musa, took place between November 1946 and February 1947. The shepherds discovered seven scrolls housed in jars in a cave near what is now known as the Qumran site, and they took them back to the camp to show to their families. None of the scrolls were destroyed in this process. The original seven Dead Sea Scrolls from Cave 1 at Qumran are the Great Isaiah Scroll (1QIsa), a second copy of Isaiah (1QIsa), the Community Rule Scroll (1QS), the Pesher on Habakkuk (1QpHab), the War Scroll (1QM), the Thanksgiving Hymns (1QH), and the Genesis Apocryphon (1QapGen).. One of the pottery jars containing the scrolls from Cave 1 is now kept in the British Museum.British Museum Collection {|class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" |- ! Fragment or scroll identifier ! Fragment or scroll name ! Alternative identifier ! English Bible Association ! Language ! Date/script ! Description ! Reference |- ! colspan="8" style="background:#b8c7d6;"| Qumran Cave 1 |- | 1QIsa || Great Isaiah Scroll ||| Isaiah 1:1–31; 2:1–22; 3:1–5:30; 6:1–13; 7:1–25; 8:1–23; 9:1–20; 10:1–34; 11:1–45:25; 46:1–66:24 || Hebrew |356–103 BCE/150–100 BCE||Contains all 66 chapters with occasional lacunae and some missing words at the bottom of some columns ||The Great Isaiah Scroll at The Digital Dead Sea Scrolls. The Israel Museum, Jerusalem. |- | 1QIsa || Isaiah |cf. 1Q8 || The Book of Isaiah || Hebrew |Hasmonean/Herodian ||A second copy of portions of the Book of Isaiah || |- |1QS |Serekh ha-Yahad or "Community Rule"

|Hebrew|| | cf. 4QS = 4Q255–64, 5Q11

| 1QpHab || Pesher on Habakkuk ||| Habakkuk 1–2 |Hebrew || Later half of the 1st century BC |Commentary on Habakkuk 1:2–17; 2:1–20||Bruce, F.F.,"The Dead Sea Habakkuk Scroll," The Annual of Leeds University Oriental Society I (1958/59): 5–24. |- | 1QM || Milhamah or War Scroll

|Hebrew || |cf. 4Q491, 4Q493; 11Q14?|| |- | 1QH || Hodayot or Thanksgiving Hymns

|Hebrew|| |Some parts are also preserved in 1QH and 4QH

| 1QapGen || Genesis Apocryphon ||| Genesis 12:18–15:4 |Aramaic |25 BCE–50 CE|||| |- | CTLevi || Cairo Geniza or Testament of Levi ||| || Aramaic

|1QGen||Genesis |1Q1|| Genesis 1:18–21; 3:11–14; 22:13–15; 23:17–19; 24:22–24 || Hebrew ||Herodian|| |1Q1 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library |- | 1QExod ||Exodus |1Q2|| Exodus 16:12–16; 19:24–20:2, 20:5–6; 20:25–21:1; 21:4–5 || Hebrew |Hellenistic-Roman|| |1Q2 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library |- | 1QpaleoLev ||Leviticus – Numbers |1Q3|| Leviticus 11:10–11; 19:30–34; 20:20–24; 21:24–22:6; 23:4–8 and Numbers 1:48–50 || Hebrew |Hellenistic-Roman; Palaeo-Hebrew script|| |1Q3 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library |- | 1QDeut |rowspan=2 |Deuteronomy |1Q4|| Deuteronomy 1:22–25; 4:47–49; 8:18–19; 9:27–28; 11:27–30; 13:1–6, 13–14; 14:21, 24–25; 16:4, 6–7 || Hebrew |Hellenistic-Roman|| |OakTree Software, Inc. Accordance 10: Bible Software. 2008.1Q4 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library |- | 1QDeut |1Q5|| Deuteronomy 1:9–13; 8:8–9; 9:10; 11:30–31; 15:14–15; 17:16; 21:8–9; 24:10–16; 25:13–18; 28:44–48; 29:9–20; 30:19–20; 31:1–10, 12–13; 32:17–29; 33:12–24 || Hebrew |Hellenistic-Roman|| |1Q5 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library |- | 1QJudg ||Judges |1Q6|| Judges 6:20–22; 8:1(?); 9:2–6, 28–31, 40–43, 48–49 || Hebrew |Hellenistic-Roman|| |1Q6 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library |- | 1QSam ||Samuel |1Q7|| 2 Samuel 18:17–18; 20:6–10; 21:16–18; 23:9–12 || Hebrew |Hellenistic-Roman|| |1Q7 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library |- | 1QIsa ||Isaiah |Parts of 1QIsa as 1Q8|| Isaiah 7:22–25; 8:1; 10:17–19; 12:3–6; 13:1–8, 16–19; 15:3–9; 16:1–2, 7–11; 19:7–17, 20–25; 20:1; 22:11–18, 24–25; 23:1–4; 24:18–23; 25:1–8; 26:1–5; 28:15–20; 29:1–8; 30:10–14, 21–26; 35:4–5; 37:8–12; 38:12–22; 39:1–8; 40:2–3; 41:3–23; 43:1–13, 23–27; 44:21–28; 45:1–13; 46:3–13; 47:1–14; 48:17–22; 49:1–15; 50:7–11; 51:1–10; 52:7–15; 53:1–12; 54:1–6; 55:2–13; 56:1–12; 57:1–4, 17–21; 58:1–14; 59:1–8, 20–21; 60:1–22; 61:1–2; 62:2–12; 63:1–19; 64:1, 6–8; 65:17–25; 66:1–24 || Hebrew |Herodian|| |1Q8 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library |- | 1QEzek || Ezekiel |Parts of 1QIsa as 1Q9|| Ezekiel 4:16–17; 5:1 || Hebrew |Hellenistic-Roman|| ||1Q9 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library |- | 1QPs |rowspan=3 |Psalms |1Q10|| Psalm 86:5–8; 92:12–14; 94:16; 95:11–96:2; 119:31–34, 43–48, 77–79 || Hebrew |Hellenistic-Roman|| ||1Q10 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library |- | 1QPs |1Q11|| Psalm 126:6; 127:1–5; 128:3 || Hebrew |Hellenistic-Roman|| ||1Q11 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library |- | 1QPs |1Q12|| Psalm 44:3–5, 7, 9, 23–25 || Hebrew |Herodian|| ||1Q12 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library |- | 1QPhyl || Phylactery |1Q13|| Deuteronomy 5:23–27; 11:8–11 || Hebrew |Hellenistic-Roman|| 58 fragments from a Phylactery ||1Q13 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library |- | 1QpMic || Pesher on Micah |1Q14|| || Hebrew |Herodian|| ||1Q14 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library |- | 1QpZeph || Pesher on Zephaniah |1Q15|| || Hebrew |Hellenistic-Roman|| |1Q15 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library |- | 1QpPs || Pesher on Psalms |1Q16|| || Hebrew |Hellenistic-Roman|| ||1Q16 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library |- | 1QJub |rowspan=2|Jubilees |1Q17|| || Hebrew |Hellenistic-Roman|| Jubilees||1Q17 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library |- | 1QJub |1Q18|| || Hebrew |Hasmonean|| Jubilees||1Q18 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library |- | 1QNoah || Book of Noah |1Q19|| || Hebrew |Herodian|| Parts of the lost Book of Noah ||1Q19 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library |- | 1QapGen || Fragments of the "Genesis Apocryphon" |1Q20|| || Aramaic |Herodian||||1Q20 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library |- | 1QTLevi / 1QALD || Testament of Levi |1Q21|| || Aramaic |Hasmonean||Aramaic Levi Document||1Q21 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library |- | 1QDM || "Dibrê Moshe" or "Words of Moses" |1Q22|| ||Hebrew |Hellenistic-Roman|| ||1Q22 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library |- | 1QEnGiants || Book of Giants |1Q23|| || Aramaic |Hasmonean||Enoch||1Q23 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library |- | 1QEnGiants || Book of Giants |1Q24|| || Aramaic |Hellenistic-Roman||Enoch||1Q24 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library |- | 1Q Apocr.Prophecy || "Apocryphal Prophecy" |1Q25 || |Hebrew |Herodian||||1Q25 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library |- | 1Q Instruction || "Instruction" |1Q26 || ||Hebrew |Hasmonean||||1Q26 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library |- | 1QMyst || "The Book of Mysteries" |1Q27 || ||Hebrew |Hellenistic-Roman ||||1Q27 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library |- | 1QS or 1QS || "Rule of the Congregation" |1Q28 (1Q28a) || ||Hebrew |Hasmonean |rowspan=2|Fragment from "Community Rule" ||1Q28 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library |- | 1QS || "Rule of the Blessing" or "Rule of the Benedictions" |1Q28b|| || Hebrew |Hasmonean |1Q28 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library |- | 1QapocrMoses B || Apocryphon of Moses |1Q29 || ||Hebrew |Hellenistic-Roman||"Liturgy of the Three Tongues of Fire"||1Q29 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library

| 1Q Liturgical Text(?) A || "Liturgical Text 1" |1Q30 || ||Hebrew |Hellenistic-Roman|| |1Q30 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library |- | 1Q Liturgical Text(?) B || "Liturgical Text 2" |1Q31 || ||Hebrew |Hellenistic-Roman|| |1Q31 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library |- | 1QNJ(?) || "New Jerusalem" |1Q32 || || Aramaic |Herodian||cf. 11Q18 |1Q32 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library |- | 1QM || Fragment of the 1QM or "War Scroll" or "Milhamah" |1Q33|| Deuteronomy 20:2–5; Numbers 10:9, 24:17–19; Isaiah 31:8 |Hebrew |30–1 BCE Early Herodian

| 1QPrFetes / 1QLitPr || "Liturgical Prayers" or "Festival Prayers" |1Q34|| ||Hebrew |Herodian|| |1Q34 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library |- | 1QH || "Hodayot" or "Thanksgiving Hymns" |1Q35|| ||Hebrew |Herodian|| |1Q35 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library |- | 1Q Hymns || "Hymns" |1Q36 || || Hebrew |Hellenistic-Roman|| |1Q36 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library |- | 1Q Hymnic Composition(?) || "Hymnic Composition" |1Q37 || || Hebrew |Herodian|| |1Q37 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library |- | 1Q Hymnic Composition(?) || "Hymnic Composition" |1Q38 || || Hebrew |Hellenistic-Roman|| |1Q38 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library |- | 1Q Hymnic Composition(?) || "Hymnic Composition" |1Q39 || || Hebrew |Herodian|| |1Q39 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library |- | 1Q Hymnic Composition(?) || "Hymnic Composition" |1Q40 || || Hebrew |Hellenistic-Roman|| |1Q40 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library |- | 1Q41–70 || |1Q41–70 || ||Hebrew ||| Unclassified Fragments|| |- | 1QDan |rowspan=2|Daniel |1Q71|| Daniel 1:10–17; 2:2–6 || Hebrew |Hellenistic-Roman||||1Q71 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library |- | 1QDan |1Q72|| Daniel 3:22–30 ||Aramaic |Hellenistic-Roman||||1Q72 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library

Qumran Cave 2

Description Wadi Qumran Cave 2 was discovered in February 1952 and soon the Bedouin people discovered 30 fragments in it. The cave eventually yielded 300 fragments from 33 manuscripts of Dead Sea Scrolls, including fragments of Jubilees and the Wisdom of Sirach written in Hebrew. {|class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" |- ! Fragment or scroll identifier ! Fragment or scroll name ! Alternative identifier ! English Bible Association ! Language ! Date/script ! Description ! Reference |- ! colspan="8" style="background:#b8c7d6;"| Qumran Cave 2 |- |2QGen ||Genesis |2Q1|| Genesis 19:27–28; 36:6, 35–37 |rowspan=5| Hebrew |rowspan=3| Herodian | |2Q1 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library |- |2QExod |rowspan=3|Exodus |2Q2|| Exodus 1:11–14; 7:1–4; 9:27–29; 11:3–7; 12:32–41; 21:18–20(?); 26:11–13; 30:21(?), 23–25; 32:32–34 | |2Q2 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library |- |2QExod |2Q3|| Exodus 4:31; 12:26–27(?); 18:21–22; 21:37–22:2, 15–19; 27:17–19; 31:16–17; 19:9; 34:10 | |2Q3 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library |- |2QExod |2Q4|| Exodus 5:3–5 |Hellenistic-Roman | |2Q4 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library |- |2QpaleoLev ||Leviticus |2Q5|| Leviticus 11:22–29 | Hasmonean; Palaeo-Hebrew script | |2Q5 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library |- |2QNum |rowspan=4| Numbers |2Q6|| Numbers 3:38–41, 51– 4:3 |rowspan=4| Hebrew |rowspan=3| Herodian | |2Q6 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library |- |2QNum |2Q7|| Numbers 33:47–53 | |2Q7 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library |- |2QNum |2Q8|| Numbers 7:88 | |2Q8 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library |- |2QNum |2Q9|| Numbers 18:8–9 |Hellenistic-Roman |This fragment may belong to 2Q7; possibly = Leviticus 23:1–3 |2Q9 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library |- |2QDeut |rowspan=3|Deuteronomy