Isaiah Scroll

"1QIsa" redirects here. For the fragments found at the same site, see 1QIsab.
The Great Isaiah Scroll, the best preserved of the biblical scrolls found at Qumran

The Isaiah Scroll, designated 1QIsaa and also known as the Great Isaiah Scroll, is one of the seven Dead Sea Scrolls that were first discovered by Bedouin shepherds in 1946 from Qumran Cave 1.[1] The scroll is written in Hebrew and contains the entire Book of Isaiah from beginning to end, apart from a few small damaged portions.[2] It is the oldest complete copy of the Book of Isaiah, being approximately 1000 years older than the oldest Hebrew manuscripts known before the scrolls' discovery.[2] 1QIsaa is also notable in being the only scroll from the Qumran Caves to be preserved almost in its entirety.[3]

The scroll is written on 17 sheets of parchment. It is particularly large, being about 734 cm (24 feet) long and ranges from 25.3 to 27 cm high (10 to 10.6 inches) with 54 columns of text.[4]

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