Editing Dead Sea Scrolls (section)

==Scholarly examination==
[[File:EL Sukenik 1951.jpg|thumb|right|[[Eleazar Sukenik]] examining one of the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1951]]

After most of the scrolls and fragments were moved to the Palestine Archaeological Museum in 1953, scholars began to assemble them and log them for translation and study in a room that became known as the "scrollery".<ref>{{cite web | title=Archaeology: Fragments of History | url=http://archives.dawn.com/archives/45166 | date=26 July 2009 | access-date=14 June 2012 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://archive.today/20131108073851/http://archives.dawn.com/archives/45166 | archive-date=8 November 2013}}</ref>

The text of the Dead Sea Scrolls is written in four languages: [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]], [[Aramaic language|Aramaic]], [[Greek language|Greek]], and [[Nabataean Aramaic|Nabataean]].

{| class="wikitable"
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! Language !! Script !! Percentage of documents !! Centuries of known use
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| [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] || [[Ktav Ashuri|Assyrian block]] [[Hebrew alphabet|script]]<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://orion.mscc.huji.ac.il/resources/FAQ.shtml | title=Frequently Asked Questions | access-date=18 January 2024}}</ref> || Estimated 76–79% || 3rd century BCE to present
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| [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] || [[Encryption|Cryptic]] [[Cipher|scripts]] "A" "B" and "C"<ref>{{Cite web | first=Charles | last=Day | title=Those who are persecuted because of righteousness, are those who pursue righteousness: an examination of the origin and meaning Matthew 5:10 | url=http://www.satsonline.org/userfiles/Day_OriginAndMeaningOfMatthew5.10.pdf | access-date=18 June 2012| url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501170639/http://www.satsonline.org/userfiles/Day_OriginAndMeaningOfMatthew5.10.pdf | archive-date=1 May 2013}}</ref><ref name="Elledge, C.D P.88">Elledge, C.D. ''The Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls''. p. 88. 2005.</ref><ref name="dss-ant">{{Cite book | editor1-first=Michael O. | editor1-last=Wise | editor2-first=Martin | editor2-last=Abegg Jr. | editor3-first=Edward | editor3-last=Cook | title=The Dead Sea Scrolls: A New Translation | edition=revised | year=2005 | publisher=Harper Collins | location=New York | isbn=978-0-06-076662-7 | url=https://archive.org/details/deadseascrollsne00wise | url-access=registration}}</ref>{{rp|375}} || Estimated 0.9–1.0%<ref>Reeves, John C. and Kampen, John. ''Pursuing the Text''. pp.&nbsp;111–112. 1994.</ref> || Unknown
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| [[Biblical Hebrew]] || [[Paleo-Hebrew alphabet|Paleo-Hebrew]] [[Hebrew alphabet|script]]<ref name="Glob, Norman 2012">Glob, Norman. ''Who Wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls''. 2012.</ref> || rowspan="2" | Estimated 1.0–1.5%{{r|Elledge, C.D P.88}} || rowspan="2" | 10th century BCE to the 2nd century CE
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| [[Biblical Hebrew]] || [[Paleo-Hebrew alphabet|Paleo-Hebrew scribal]] [[Hebrew alphabet|script]]{{r|Glob, Norman 2012}}
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| [[Aramaic language|Aramaic]] || [[Aramaic alphabet|Aramaic square script]] || Estimated 16–17%{{r|dss-ant|p=9|q=about one out of six of the Dead Sea Scrolls is inscribed in Aramaic.}} || 8th century BCE to present
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| [[Greek language|Greek]] || [[Greek alphabet|Greek]] [[uncial script]]{{r|Glob, Norman 2012}} || Estimated 3%{{r|Elledge, C.D P.88}} || 3rd century BCE to 8th century CE
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| [[Nabataean Aramaic|Nabataean]] || [[Nabataean alphabet|Nabataean script]]<ref name="Schiffman, Lawrence H. 1997">Schiffman, Lawrence H. et al. "The Dead Sea scrolls: fifty years after their discovery: proceedings of the Jerusalem Congress, July 20–25, 1997." 1997.</ref>
 || Estimated 0.2%{{r|Schiffman, Lawrence H. 1997}} || 2nd century BCE to the 4th century CE
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