The Dead Sea Scrolls Are So Valuable Because They

question 22

Multiple Choice

The Dead Sea Scrolls are so valuable because they

• A) are nearly a thousand years older than the oldest copies of the Hebrew scriptures that we previously had.
• B) constitute proof that the other scriptures were inauthentic.
• C) discredited the idea that Jesus was the messiah.
• D) were written on precious metals.

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