Temple Scroll (11QT)

2 texts in Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha

God Dictates the Perfect Temple to Moses

11QT 2:1-13:8

At nearly nine meters long, the Temple Scroll (Megillat HaMikdash, מגילת המקדש) is the longest of all the Dead Sea Scrolls. Found in Cave 11, it may date from the late 2nd century ...

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The King Who Must Read Torah Every Day

11QT 56:12-59:21

The Temple Scroll does something no other Dead Sea Scroll attempts—it rewrites biblical law. And one of its most striking revisions concerns the Israelite king. (Deuteronomy 17:14-...

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