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28: 123: 102:, whose personal documents were famously discovered in the Cave of Letters, and of her son are, presumably, among them. The findings have been regarded as archaeological evidence of the 27: 155: 255: 358: 269: 373: 262: 319: 311: 182: 307: 383: 368: 250: 393: 388: 363: 378: 130:
Several fragments of ancient biblical manuscripts were found at Nahal Hever. They include portions of the
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Photo of a fragment of one of the biblical manuscripts found in the Cave of Letters at Nahal Hever
232: 224: 139: 216: 103: 208: 122: 259: 186: 131: 91: 39: 95: 352: 236: 71: 59: 142:. Some other biblical manuscript fragments have also been discovered, such as from 107: 106:(132–136). The sites were discovered in 1953 and investigated in 1960 and 1961 by 98:" (מערת האימה) in which twenty four human skeletons were found. The skeletons of 143: 291: 280: 334: 321: 220: 179: 63: 17: 78:. The Hebrew name is derived from "Hevron", the Hebrew name of the city of 75: 99: 228: 294:, at Dead Sea Scrolls Bible Translations. Accessed 26 September 2020. 252:
The Preliminary Edition of the First Numbers Scroll from Nahal Hever.
135: 79: 67: 212: 121: 26: 55: 110:. In 1999 and 2000 it was excavated by Richard Freund of the 199:Goodman, Martin (1991-01-01). "Babatha's Story". 308:Selected Archaeological findings of Nahal Hever 90:At the head of the stream are two caves, the " 8: 156:Greek Minor Prophets Scroll from Nahal Hever 94:" (מערת האיגרות), and, further up, the " 172: 138:. They were housed, as of 1999, at the 249:Peter W. Flint and Andrea E. Alvarez, 7: 43: 25: 270:Institute for Biblical Research 359:Archaeological sites in Israel 263:Bulletin for Biblical Research 1: 312:Israel Antiquities Authority 201:The Journal of Roman Studies 410: 335:31.4131722°N 35.3658917°E 62:, that flows through the 292:Nahal Hever Deuteronomy 340:31.4131722; 35.3658917 127: 112:University of Hartford 32: 374:Greek-language papyri 281:Nahal Hever 'Numbers' 161:Archaeology of Israel 125: 30: 268:(1999), pp.137-143, 118:Biblical manuscripts 331: /  70:, from the area of 52:intermittent stream 31:View of Nahal Hever 258:2017-05-10 at the 185:2015-02-01 at the 140:Rockefeller Museum 128: 33: 180:Canyoning website 104:Bar Kokhba revolt 16:(Redirected from 401: 384:Rivers of Israel 369:Dead Sea Scrolls 346: 345: 343: 342: 341: 336: 332: 329: 328: 327: 324: 295: 289: 283: 278: 272: 247: 241: 240: 196: 190: 177: 45: 21: 409: 408: 404: 403: 402: 400: 399: 398: 349: 348: 339: 337: 333: 330: 325: 322: 320: 318: 317: 304: 299: 298: 290: 286: 279: 275: 260:Wayback Machine 248: 244: 198: 197: 193: 187:Wayback Machine 178: 174: 169: 152: 132:Book of Numbers 120: 92:Cave of Letters 88: 50:(Arabic) is an 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 407: 405: 397: 396: 394:Judaean Desert 391: 389:Dead Sea basin 386: 381: 376: 371: 366: 364:Aramaic papyri 361: 351: 350: 315: 314: 303: 302:External links 300: 297: 296: 284: 273: 242: 213:10.2307/300497 191: 171: 170: 168: 165: 164: 163: 158: 151: 148: 119: 116: 96:Cave of Horror 87: 84: 48:Wadi al-Khabat 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 406: 395: 392: 390: 387: 385: 382: 380: 379:Hebrew papyri 377: 375: 372: 370: 367: 365: 362: 360: 357: 356: 354: 347: 344: 326:35°21′57.21″E 323:31°24′47.42″N 313: 309: 306: 305: 301: 293: 288: 285: 282: 277: 274: 271: 267: 264: 261: 257: 254: 253: 246: 243: 238: 234: 230: 226: 222: 218: 214: 210: 206: 202: 195: 192: 188: 184: 181: 176: 173: 166: 162: 159: 157: 154: 153: 149: 147: 145: 141: 137: 133: 124: 117: 115: 113: 109: 105: 101: 97: 93: 85: 83: 81: 77: 73: 69: 65: 61: 60:Judean Desert 57: 53: 49: 41: 37: 29: 19: 316: 287: 276: 265: 251: 245: 204: 200: 194: 175: 129: 108:Yigael Yadin 89: 47: 35: 34: 18:Hever Stream 338: / 310:, from the 207:: 169–175. 189:(in Hebrew) 144:Deuteronomy 36:Nahal Hever 353:Categories 167:References 237:164079122 221:0075-4358 86:The caves 64:West Bank 58:) in the 256:Archived 183:Archived 150:See also 76:Dead Sea 100:Babatha 74:to the 44:נחל חבר 235:  229:300497 227:  219:  136:Psalms 80:Hebron 68:Israel 40:Hebrew 233:S2CID 225:JSTOR 72:Yatta 46:) or 217:ISSN 134:and 66:and 56:wadi 209:doi 355:: 231:. 223:. 215:. 205:81 203:. 146:. 114:. 42:: 266:9 239:. 211:: 54:( 38:( 20:)

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Hever Stream

Hebrew
intermittent stream
wadi
Judean Desert
West Bank
Israel
Yatta
Dead Sea
Hebron
Cave of Letters
Cave of Horror
Babatha
Bar Kokhba revolt
Yigael Yadin
University of Hartford

Book of Numbers
Psalms
Rockefeller Museum
Deuteronomy
Greek Minor Prophets Scroll from Nahal Hever
Archaeology of Israel
Canyoning website
Archived
Wayback Machine
doi
10.2307/300497
ISSN

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