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Ancient Jewish religious manuscript found in 1956 in the Qumran area The Great Psalms Scroll The Great Psalms Scroll , also referred to as 11Q5 , is the most substantial and well preserved manuscript of Psalms of the thirty-seven discovered among the Dead Sea Scrolls in the Qumran caves . It is one of six Psalms manuscripts discovered in Cave 11 . Photograph, the Israel Antiquities Authority 1993; photographer not named (1993-06-01), English: The Psalms scroll, one of the Dead Sea scrolls.
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Ancient Jewish religious manuscript found in 1956 in the Qumran area The Great Psalms Scroll , also referred to as 11Q5 , is the most substantial and well preserved Dead Sea Scrolls Psalms manuscript of the thirty-seven discovered in the Qumran caves , six of which were discovered in Cave 11 .
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