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The site of some ruins at the NW end of the Dead Sea, near which the first of the Dead Sea Scrolls was found in 1947; further finds were made in later years.

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Qumran
in The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (3 rev) Length: 236 words
Qumran
in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (2 rev) Length: 34 words
Qumran
in The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (2) Length: 53 words
QUMRAN
in The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion (2) Length: 478 words

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