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The Dead Sea Scrolls

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The Origins of the Dead Sea Scrolls

Four of the scrolls were sold to Athanasius Yeshu Samuel, a Christian and the Syrian Orthodox Archbishop of Jerusalem. The other three were purchased by Eleazar Sukinek, an Israeli archaeologist who purchased them on behalf of the new government of Israel. In 1954 Yigal Yaydin secretly negotiated the purchase of the remaining original seven scrolls for $1 million. On January 28, 1949, the original cave where the Bedouin Boys found the first scrolls was rediscovered.

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