Penelope
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The Scrolls were discovered in the modern Occupied West Bank of Palestine. It is for this reason that the Palestians have a claim on them returning to the area in which they were found. It is like the Greeks claiming the Parthenon Marbles which are in England. Why the Dead Sea Scrolls which date from the last three centuries BCE and the first century of the Common Era, were hidden is not known.Just when did the Palestinians possess the Scrolls and why did they hide them in the first place?You are mistaken; cultural artifacts are often so important that they are recognized as belonging to all people and are held in trust as a world heritage. To make the false claim that the Dead Sea Scrolls belong only to Israelis is breathtakingly ignorant.Just who ever was first? does that seem fair? would you accept that rule for your own religious artifacts?
Cultural artifacts belong to the culture who created them. Jewish writings belong to the Jewish people. How is this even a question?
land that was jewish, written by jews for the jewish religion.
There is no land of palestine yet
Mandate was british, before that it was ottoman.
Let them try and take the copper scrolls if they want instead
Israel is not giving up the dead sea scrolls
While the majority of Dead Sea Scrolls were written in Hebrew, the collection also includes many Aramaic and Greek texts, as well as some Arabic texts and a small number of Latin fragments.
The Dead Sea Scrolls - Languages and Scripts