What exactly is in the dead sea scrolls?

What are the Dead Sea Scrolls exactly?

• Answer:

  The Dead Sea Scrolls are ancient Jewish manuscripts, most written in Hebrew, some in Aramaic and Greek, many over 2,000 years old, from before the time of Jesus. They include lengthy manuscripts, scrolls and thousands of fragments obtained between 1947 and 1956, from 11 caves near Qumran, near the Dead Sea. About a fourth of the scrolls are portions of the Hebrew Bible text, but they also include non-Biblical Jewish writings.