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ELI5: What are the Dead Sea Scrolls, what do they contain, and what is their significance?
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Before DSS, the oldest copy of the Old Testament was a Greek translation.  As a translation, it was treated with suspicion, and when there was a difference between it and later Hebrew texts, the Hebrew was preferred.  The early Hebrew copy found with the Dead Sea Scrolls gave clues to the older form of the text.