Israel Museum · Shrine of the Book
Jerusalem
1QIsaᵃ
Great Isaiah Scroll
An ancient Hebrew copy of Isaiah that preserves almost the whole book.
- Where is it today?
- Israel Museum · Shrine of the Book
Jerusalem - When was it made?
- More than 2,000 years old · Second Temple period
- Language
- Hebrew
- Format
- Scroll
- What is it?
- A real ancient Hebrew copy of Isaiah. It is not a modern printed Bible.
THE STORY
How did this manuscript get here?
Found in Qumran Cave 1 near the Dead Sea in 1947. The scroll itself was copied more than 2,000 years ago.
The ancient scribe is unknown. Bedouin shepherds were part of the 1947 discovery that brought the scrolls to modern attention.
From a cave near Qumran, the scroll passed through a dramatic chain of discovery, study, photography, and acquisition before reaching the Shrine of the Book in Jerusalem.
Hebrew written on parchment across a scroll more than seven meters long. It preserves all 66 chapters of Isaiah.
- Can you view it?
- Yes — here
- Do we have the text?
- Some of it
- Linked to Bible passages?
- Some of it
- Where can you view it?
- Here on MANUSKRPT
MANUSCRIPT VIEWERPages ready to explore
MANUSCRIPT IMAGE
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CONTEXT
Why it is fascinating
This is one of the most famous Dead Sea Scrolls. It lets you see the book of Isaiah in a Hebrew manuscript more than 2,000 years old.
Compare the Bible textWe do not have a full readable text here yet
TEXT COMPARISON
Have we compared the wording?
Partly. Some of this manuscript has been checked. We only show differences that have been verified.
CONTINUE EXPLORING
Where does this object lead next?
These suggestions come from known relationships, shared works, language, collection, institution, or chronology — not from a guessed family tree.
About the images
This image is public domain, so MANUSKRPT can show it here. We only crop or resize it; we do not redraw the letters.