The Jesus Archive
About this place

A settlement on the north-west shore of the Dead Sea, beside the caves where about 900 manuscripts, the Dead Sea Scrolls, were found between 1947 and 1956. Most scholars link the site with a Jewish sectarian community, often identified with the Essenes. The Great Isaiah Scroll from Cave 1 shows the text of Isaiah long before Jesus.

Where to start

The Great Isaiah Scroll: the column with Isaiah 53, Shrine of the Book, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Stones and ScrollsThe Great Isaiah Scroll (1QIsaᵃ)2nd century BC (manuscript) · Unknown Jewish scribe

Written or found here

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  1. 125 BC2nd century BC (manuscript)

    The Great Isaiah Scroll (1QIsaᵃ)

    Unknown Jewish scribe

    The only complete biblical book among the Dead Sea Scrolls, copied in the second century BC. It shows that Isaiah, a book Christians read as foretelling Jesus, existed in substantially its known form well before Christianity.

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Every mention

7 writings
  1. 500 BCNumbers: the bronze serpent and the starThe Prophets2×
  2. 125 BCThe Great Isaiah Scroll (1QIsaᵃ)Stones and Scrolls6×
  3. AD 30The Pool of Bethesda (Jerusalem)Stones and Scrolls1×
  4. 2026Guide to the research and the world before JesusThe Dossier5×
  5. 2026The prophecies associated with Jesus: a critical catalogueThe Dossier2×
  6. 2026From medieval devotion to the presentThe Dossier4×
  7. 2026Sources and further readingThe Dossier2×