Caves and Contents (Cave 5)
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Caves and Contents
Cave 5
Found near Cave 4 in September 1952, cave 5 was excavated by archaeologists and yielded primarily Biblical texts.
| 5Q1: | Deuteronomy |
| 5Q2: | Kings |
| 5Q3: | Isaiah |
| 5Q4: | Amos |
| 5Q5: | Psalms |
| 5Q6: | Lamentations |
| 5Q7: | Lamentations |
| 5Q8: | Phylactery |
| 5Q9: | Place Names |
| 5Q10: | Apocryphon of Malachi |
| 5Q11: | Rule of the Community |
| 5Q12: | Damascus Document |
| 5Q13: | Rule |
| 5Q14: | Curses |
| 5Q15: | New Jerusalem |
| 5Q16-25: | unclassified |
| 5QX1: | Leather fragment |
Sources
Vermes, Geza. The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English. New York: Penguin Press, 1997.
Schiffman, Lawrence and VanderKam, James. The Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Vol. 2. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.
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