Dead Sea Scrolls Quotes

“The greatest importance of the Dead Sea Scrolls...lies in the discovery of biblical manuscripts dating back to only about 300 years after the close of the Old Testament canon.”
― Philip W Comfort, The Origin of the Bible

“We came to save the sacred writings. - Essenes to Eleazar, on collecting the Dead Sea Scrolls from the burning Temple. Jerusalem, 70 CE.”
― Joseph Shellim, Ben Hur II: Exile