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Damascus Document

Ancient Jewish document

Written workliterary work discovered textQ537171

Also known as Dead Sea scrolls/4Q271 · 4Q271 · Damascus Covenant · Book of the Covenant of Damascus · Cairo Damascus document · Damascus Rule

Language: Hebrew

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The Damascus Document is an ancient Hebrew text known from both the Cairo Geniza and the Dead Sea Scrolls. It is considered one of the foundational documents of the ancient Jewish community of Qumran.

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Part of: Dead Sea scrolls
Different from: Dead Sea scrolls. 4Q265
Discovered: 1897
Discovered by: Solomon Schechter
Named after: Damascus
Main subject: Halakha

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