“The earliest Syriac manuscript ever found dates to 412 CE and is one of the most ancient codes, or manuscripts in the form of a book, ever discovered,” he added, speaking with The Times of ...

For nearly 2,000 years, Near East Christian communities have used Syriac, an Aramaic dialect, as their liturgical and cultural language. Over the centuries, they produced an extensive corpus of ...

The Shapira Scroll, an ancient manuscript first discovered in 1883 and dismissed as fake is 'actually the oldest known Biblical script', an expert claims. Jerusalem antiquities dealer Moses ...

It's one of the greatest archaeological finds of the 20th century. Hidden in caves in the desert, the Dead Sea Scrolls were identified as ancient Jewish manuscripts—the only known surviving ...

John C. Trever, one of the first Americans to examine the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1948 and whose photographs of the ancient texts also became important historical documents, has died. He was 90.

The Dead Sea Scrolls are even older than we thought, according to a new AI analysis by scientists at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.

Ancient Syriac manuscript from the private collection of Raad Abdul-Ahed from Dohuk, northern Iraq, as photographed in 2015. (AP/Bram Janssen) For nearly 2,000 years, Near East Christian communities ...

Many of the Dead Sea Scrolls are much older than academics previously thought, with some dating back to the time of their ancient authorship, scientists from the University of Groningen in the ...

Many of the manuscripts known as the Dead Sea Scrolls may be much older than previously thought, according to a new study that could transform our understanding of their Jewish and Christian origins.

Saint Catherine’s Monastery at the foot of Mt. Sinai. The National Library of Israel (NLI) in Jerusalem has announced that some 1,600 Christian manuscripts, as well as dozens of photos and rare ...