# Many of the manuscripts were copied at Qumran itself by members of the community, in the room excavators…

> Most likely: Many of the manuscripts were copied at Qumran itself by members of the community, in the room excavators identified as a scriptorium.

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# Many of the manuscripts were copied at Qumran itself by members of the community, in the room excavators…

Many of the manuscripts were copied at Qumran itself by members of the community, in the room excavators identified as a scriptorium.

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests partly supported it: none pieces of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- The same hands recur across many manuscripts from different caves, on skins of local origin.

## What would rule it out

- Hand identification and skin analysis find few repeated hands and mostly imported skins.

## Evidence none for · 1 against

[The DNA results show some manuscripts were brought from elsewhere, which weighs against a single local…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dead-sea-scrolls-dating/evidence/EVD0D484VPW4T9R/the-dna-results-show-some-manuscripts-were-brought-from)

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AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[How many scribes wrote the scrolls, and can individual hands be identified?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/dead-sea-scrolls-dating/questions/QST0D484NVC6CE9/how-many-scribes-wrote-the-scrolls-and-can-individual-hands)

Most likelyThe library was written by many scribes, and machine features can distinguish hands even where the script…

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Many of the manuscripts were copied at Qumran itself by members of the community, in the room excavators… [Answer ANS0D484VF2187R]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D484VF2187R
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