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Dead Sea Scroll

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By Jeff A. Benner


Description: This fragment from the book of Enoch proves that some Jews during the first century BCE or the first century CE valued the book of Enoch as scripture. The only surviving group that still retains this book within its Canon is the Ethiopic Church.

Era: Late Semitic Script

Image Credit: Unknown

Date of Inscription: 50 BCE to 50 CE

Location of Discovery: Dead Sea Caves

Date of Discovery: ?

Current Location: ?

Language: Hebrew

Writing Surface: Leather

Transliteration: TBD

Translation: TBD

Comments: This fragment from the book of Enoch proves that some Jews during the first century BCE or the first century CE valued the book of Enoch as scripture. The only surviving group that still retains this book within its Canon is the Ethiopic Church.