# List of manuscripts from Qumran Cave 1

The following is a list of the Dead Sea Scrolls from the cave 1 near Qumran.

## Description

Wadi Qumran Cave 1 was discovered for the first time in 1946. The initial discovery, by Bedouin shepherd Muhammed edh-Dhib, his cousin Jum'a Muhammed, and Khalil Musa, took place between November 1946 and February 1947. The shepherds discovered seven scrolls housed in jars in a cave near what is now known as the Qumran site and took them back to the camp to show to his family. None of the scrolls were destroyed in this process. The original seven Dead Sea Scrolls from Cave 1 at Qumran are the Great Isaiah Scroll (1QIsa$^a$), a second copy of Isaiah (1QIsa$^b$), the Community Rule Scroll (1QS), the Pesher on Habakkuk (1QpHab), the War Scroll (1QM), the Thanksgiving Hymns (1QH), and the Genesis Apocryphon (1QapGen). One of the pottery jars containing the scrolls from Cave 1 is now kept in the British Museum.

## List of manuscripts

Some resources for more complete information on the Dead Sea Scrolls are the book by Emanuel Tov, "Revised Lists of the Texts from the Judaean Desert" for a complete list of all of the Dead Sea Scroll texts, as well as the online webpages for the Shrine of the Book and the Leon Levy Collection, both of which present photographs and images of the scrolls and fragments themselves for closer study. Information is not always comprehensive, as content for many scrolls has not yet been fully published.
| Fragment or scroll identifier | Fragment or scroll name | Alternative identifier | English Bible Association | Language | Date/script | Description |
| Qumran Cave 1 ||||||||
| 1QIsa$^a$ | Great Isaiah Scroll | | Isaiah 1:1–31; 2:1–22; 3:1–5:30; 6:1–13; 7:1–25; 8:1–23; 9:1–20; 10:1–34; 11:1–45:25; 46:1–66:24 | Hebrew | 356–103 BCE/150–100 BCE | Contains all 66 chapters with occasional lacunae and some missing words at the bottom of some columns |
| 1QIsa$^b$ | Isaiah | cf. 1Q8 | The Book of Isaiah | Hebrew | Hasmonean/Herodian | A second copy of portions of the Book of Isaiah |
| 1QS | Serekh ha-Yahad or "Community Rule" | | | Hebrew | | cf. 4QS$^{a-j}$ = 4Q255–64, 5Q11 |
| 1QpHab | Pesher on Habakkuk | | Habakkuk 1–2 | Hebrew | Later half of the 1st century BC | Commentary on Habakkuk 1:2–17; 2:1–20 |
| 1QM | Milhamah or War Scroll | | | Hebrew | | cf. 4Q491, 4Q493; 11Q14? |
| 1QH$^a$ | Hodayot or Thanksgiving Hymns | | | Hebrew | | Some parts are also preserved in 1QH$^b$ and 4QH$^{a-f}$ |
| 1QapGen | Genesis Apocryphon | | Genesis 12:18–15:4 | Aramaic | 25 BCE–50 CE | |
| CTLevi | Cairo Geniza or Testament of Levi | | | Aramaic | | |
| 1QGen | Genesis | 1Q1 | Genesis 1:18–21; 3:11–14; 22:13–15; 23:17–19; 24:22–24 | Hebrew | Herodian | |
| 1QExod | Exodus | 1Q2 | Exodus 16:12–16; 19:24–20:2, 20:5–6; 20:25–21:1; 21:4–5 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | |
| 1QpaleoLev | Leviticus – Numbers | 1Q3 | Leviticus 11:10–11; 19:30–34; 20:20–24; 21:24–22:6; 23:4–8 and Numbers 1:48–50 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman; Palaeo-Hebrew script | |
| 1QDeut$^a$ | Deuteronomy | 1Q4 | Deuteronomy 1:22–25; 4:47–49; 8:18–19; 9:27–28; 11:27–30; 13:1–6, 13–14; 14:21, 24–25; 16:4, 6–7 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | |
| 1QDeut$^b$ | Deuteronomy | 1Q5 | Deuteronomy 1:9–13; 8:8–9; 9:10; 11:30–31; 15:14–15; 17:16; 21:8–9; 24:10–16; 25:13–18; 28:44–48; 29:9–20; 30:19–20; 31:1–10, 12–13; 32:17–29; 33:12–24 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | |
| 1QJudg | Judges | 1Q6 | Judges 6:20–22; 8:1(?); 9:2–6, 28–31, 40–43, 48–49 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | |
| 1QSam | Samuel | 1Q7 | 2 Samuel 18:17–18; 20:6–10; 21:16–18; 23:9–12 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | |
| 1QIsa$^b$ | Isaiah | Parts of 1QIsa$^b$ as 1Q8 | Isaiah 7:22–25; 8:1; 10:17–19; 12:3–6; 13:1–8, 16–19; 15:3–9; 16:1–2, 7–11; 19:7–17, 20–25; 20:1; 22:11–18, 24–25; 23:1–4; 24:18–23; 25:1–8; 26:1–5; 28:15–20; 29:1–8; 30:10–14, 21–26; 35:4–5; 37:8–12; 38:12–22; 39:1–8; 40:2–3; 41:3–23; 43:1–13, 23–27; 44:21–28; 45:1–13; 46:3–13; 47:1–14; 48:17–22; 49:1–15; 50:7–11; 51:1–10; 52:7–15; 53:1–12; 54:1–6; 55:2–13; 56:1–12; 57:1–4, 17–21; 58:1–14; 59:1–8, 20–21; 60:1–22; 61:1–2; 62:2–12; 63:1–19; 64:1, 6–8; 65:17–25; 66:1–24 | Hebrew | Herodian | |
| 1QEzek | Ezekiel | Parts of 1QIsa$^b$ as 1Q9 | Ezekiel 4:16–17; 5:1 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | |
| 1QPs$^a$ | Psalms | 1Q10 | Psalm 86:5–8; 92:12–14; 94:16; 95:11–96:2; 119:31–34, 43–48, 77–79 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | |
| 1QPs$^b$ | Psalms | 1Q11 | Psalm 126:6; 127:1–5; 128:3 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | |
| 1QPs$^c$ | Psalms | 1Q12 | Psalm 44:3–5, 7, 9, 23–25 | Hebrew | Herodian | |
| 1QPhyl | Phylactery | 1Q13 | Deuteronomy 5:23–27; 11:8–11 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | 58 fragments from a Phylactery |
| 1QpMic | Pesher on Micah | 1Q14 | | Hebrew | Herodian | |
| 1QpZeph | Pesher on Zephaniah | 1Q15 | | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | |
| 1QpPs | Pesher on Psalms | 1Q16 | | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | |
| 1QJub$^a$ | Jubilees | 1Q17 | | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | Jubilees |
| 1QJub$^b$ | Jubilees | 1Q18 | | Hebrew | Hasmonean | Jubilees |
| 1QNoah | Book of Noah | 1Q19 | | Hebrew | Herodian | Parts of the lost Book of Noah |
| 1QapGen | Fragments of the "Genesis Apocryphon" | 1Q20 | | Aramaic | Herodian | |
| 1QTLevi / 1QALD | Testament of Levi | 1Q21 | | Aramaic | Hasmonean | Aramaic Levi Document |
| 1QDM | "Dibrê Moshe" or "Words of Moses" | 1Q22 | | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | |
| 1QEnGiants$^a$ | Book of Giants | 1Q23 | | Aramaic | Hasmonean | Enoch |
| 1QEnGiants$^b$ | Book of Giants | 1Q24 | | Aramaic | Hellenistic-Roman | Enoch |
| 1Q Apocr.Prophecy | "Apocryphal Prophecy" | 1Q25 | | Hebrew | Herodian | |
| 1Q Instruction | "Instruction" | 1Q26 | | Hebrew | Hasmonean | |
| 1QMyst | "The Book of Mysteries" | 1Q27 | | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | |
| 1QS or 1QS$^a$ | "Rule of the Congregation" | 1Q28 (1Q28a) | | Hebrew | Hasmonean | Fragment from "Community Rule" |
| 1QS$^b$ | "Rule of the Blessing" or "Rule of the Benedictions" | 1Q28b | | Hebrew | Hasmonean | Fragment from "Community Rule" |
| 1QapocrMoses B | Apocryphon of Moses | 1Q29 | | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | "Liturgy of the Three Tongues of Fire" |
| 1Q Liturgical Text(?) A | "Liturgical Text 1" | 1Q30 | | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | |
| 1Q Liturgical Text(?) B | "Liturgical Text 2" | 1Q31 | | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | |
| 1QNJ(?) | "New Jerusalem" | 1Q32 | | Aramaic | Herodian | cf. 11Q18 |
| 1QM | Fragment of the 1QM or "War Scroll" or "Milhamah" | 1Q33 | Deuteronomy 20:2–5; Numbers 10:9, 24:17–19; Isaiah 31:8 | Hebrew | 30–1 BCE Early Herodian | |
| 1QPrFetes / 1QLitPr | "Liturgical Prayers" or "Festival Prayers" | 1Q34 | | Hebrew | Herodian | |
| 1QH$^b$ | "Hodayot" or "Thanksgiving Hymns" | 1Q35 | | Hebrew | Herodian | |
| 1Q Hymns | "Hymns" | 1Q36 | | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | |
| 1Q Hymnic Composition(?) | "Hymnic Composition" | 1Q37 | | Hebrew | Herodian | |
| 1Q Hymnic Composition(?) | "Hymnic Composition" | 1Q38 | | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | |
| 1Q Hymnic Composition(?) | "Hymnic Composition" | 1Q39 | | Hebrew | Herodian | |
| 1Q Hymnic Composition(?) | "Hymnic Composition" | 1Q40 | | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | |
| 1Q41–70 | | 1Q41–70 | | Hebrew | | Unclassified Fragments |
| 1QDan$^a$ | Daniel | 1Q71 | Daniel 1:10–17; 2:2–6 | Hebrew | Hellenistic-Roman | |
| 1QDan$^b$ | Daniel | 1Q72 | Daniel 3:22–30 | Aramaic | Hellenistic-Roman | |

### Gallery

* The War Scroll, found in Qumran Cave 1.
* A portion of the second discovered copy of the Isaiah scroll, 1QIsa$^b$.
* Part of Dead Sea Scroll 28a from Qumran Cave 1. The Jordan Museum, Amman