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Google launches Dead Sea Scrolls library

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Israeli authorities say they have put 5,000 fragments of the ancient Dead Sea scrolls online in a partnership with Google.

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Israeli authorities say they have put 5,000 fragments of the ancient Dead Sea scrolls online in a partnership with Google. The digital library launched on Tuesday, with important texts like the Book of Deuteronomy, which includes the Ten Commandments, and a portion of the first chapter of the Book of Genesis, dated to the first century B.C.
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