An account of archeological finds Edmund Wilson called without any question the most precious discoveries of their kind since the texts of the Greek & Latin classics brought to light in the Renaissance. Preface A Word to the Wise Discoveries & discussions the first discoveries Alarms & excursions Later discoveries the age of the manuscripts the evidence of Archeology & paleography the evidence of text & language the dates of composition Historical allusions in the Habakkuk commentary (2 parts) Identifications of persons & events Historical allusions in the other documents Ideas, vocabulary & literary relations the community of Qumran Origin, history & organization Beliefs Identification the importance of the Dead Sea scrolls Contributions to textual criticism, historical grammar etc. Contributions to the study of Judaism & Christianity Translations the Damascus document the Habakkuk commentary the manual of discipline from the war of the sons of light with the sons of darkness from the of light with the sons of darkness from the Thanksgiving psalms Bibliography.