dead sea

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Definition of dead sea in English Turkish dictionary

Lut gölü

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deadsea

Lut göl

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Definition of dead sea in English English dictionary

A lake in the Middle East, noted for high salinity and for its banks being the lowest point on Earth

A salt lake, about 397 m (1,300 ft) below sea level, between Israel and Jordan. It is one of the saltiest bodies of water known and is the lowest point on the surface of the earth. the Dead Sea a large lake between Israel and Jordan. It is over 25% salt, so people can float in it very easily. Arabic Al-Bar al-Mayyit Hebrew Yam Ha Mela ancient Lacus Asphaltites Landlocked salt lake between Israel and Jordan. The lowest body of water on Earth, it averages about 1,312 ft (400 m) below sea level. It is 50 mi (80 km) long and up to 11 mi (18 km) wide. Its northern half belongs to Jordan, while its southern half is divided between Jordan and Israel. After the Six-Day War (1967), however, the Israeli army remained in control of the entire western shore. The Dead Sea lies between Judaea to the west and the Transjordanian plateaus to the east; the Jordan River flows in from the north. It has been associated with biblical history since the time of Abraham

inland body of salt water located on the border of Israel and Jordan lowest place on the face of the earth

a saltwater lake on the border between Israel and Jordan; its surface in 1292 feet below sea level

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Dead Sea apple

a fruit, supposed to dissolve into smoke or ashes when plucked

The man who makes himself a slave to gold is a miserable wretch indeed, winning for his prize the Dead Sea apple - golden without, but ashes within.

Dead Sea apples

plural form of Dead Sea apple

Dead Sea Scrolls

The papyrus scrolls and scroll fragments discovered between 1947 and 1960 at sites along the Dead Sea, mostly dating from the last two centuries , containing passages from books of the Hebrew Scriptures and from apocryphal biblical books, as well as sectarian writings. They are of great importance for reconstructing the compilation of the Hebrew Scriptures and for understanding Jewish culture in the era immediately preceding the birth of Jesus. a collection of ancient Jewish scrolls (=rolls of paper containing writing) from around the time of Christ. They contain the oldest copies of parts of the Old Testament of the Bible, and were found near the Dead Sea between 1947 and 1956. Caches of ancient, mostly Hebrew, manuscripts found at several sites on the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea (1947-56). The writings date from between the 3rd century BC and the 2nd century AD and total 800-900 manuscripts in 15,000 fragments. Many scholars believe that those deposited in 11 caves near the ruins of Qumrn belonged to a sectarian community whom most scholars believe were Essenes, though other scholars suggest Sadducees or Zealots. The community rejected the rest of the Jewish people and saw the world as sharply divided between good and evil. They cultivated a communal life of ritual purity, called the "Union," led by a messianic "Teacher of Righteousness." The Dead Sea Scrolls as a whole represent a wider spectrum of Jewish belief and may have been the contents of libraries from Jerusalem hidden during the war of AD 66-73. They also cast new light on the emergence of Christianity and the relationship of early Christian and Jewish religious traditions. See also Damascus Document

Dead Sea Scrolls

ancient Hebrew manuscripts discovered near the Dead Sea

dead sea scrolls

The name given to mainly parchment and papyrus scrolls written in Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek, and discovered in eleven caves along the northwestern coast of the Dead Sea between 1947 and 1956, generally dating from 250 B C to A D 68 and assigned to an Essene community located at the archaeological site known as Khirbet Qumran (Soulen, Handbook of Biblical Criticism)

dead sea scrolls

Biblical and other religious manuscripts dating from the second century b c e to the first century c e , found in caves near Qumran on the northwest shore of the Dead Sea

dead sea scrolls

In 1947 an Arab shepherd boy discovered manuscripts which pre-dated Christ Many of these manuscripts were of the Old Testament, apocryphal material, and records of the Essene community

dead sea scrolls

The scrolls and manuscript fragments found at about half a dozen sites in the vicinity of the Dead Sea The most famous of these sites is Qumran

dead sea scrolls

(Old Testament) a collection of written scrolls (containing nearly all of the Old Testament) found in a cave near the Dead Sea in the late 1940s; "the Dead Sea Scrolls provide information about Judaism and the Bible around the time of Jesus

dead sea scrolls

A group of over 800 manuscripts found between 1947 and 1956 in various caves on the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea The bulk of the manuscripts were discovered in eleven caves near a (probable) Essene settlement at Qumran, and include biblical, parabiblical, apocryphal and sectarian writings as well as some documentary texts (practice alphabets, deeds, contracts, letters)

dead sea scrolls

Considered by most scholars to have been written between mid-third century B C to 68 A D , these biblical manuscripts were discovered on the northwest shore of the Dead Sea by an Arab farmer Excavation of 11 caves began in 1947 and was completed in 1960 Many scholars regard the ancient leather and papyrus scrolls as the greatest 20th century find, because they represent more than 500 religious books and shed insight on pivotal centuries of both Judaism and Christianity

dead sea scrolls

   a group of manuscripts that were found in 1947 in caves near the Dead Sea, at a place called wadi Qumran (Qumran gulch) The scrolls appear to have been the library of an Essene settlement, which flourished at the site from the late second century B C until it was destroyed by the Romans in 68 A D The importance of the scrolls for biblical studies is twofold They include Hebrew manuscripts of biblical books that are several centuries older than those previously known, and they shed new light on Jewish beliefs and practices around the time of Jesus See Essenes

dead sea scrolls

A collection of more than 800 manuscripts written on parchment, papyrus, and copper over 2,000 years ago The Dead Sea Scrolls were found in 1947 in what is now Israel The Scrolls contain many different kinds of texts, including the oldest known portions of the Old Testament of the Bible

dead sea scrolls

These are ancient writings, on scrolls, found by an Arab boy in 1947 in caves near the Dead Sea It is not known for certain who wrote them, when, and where The Jewish community that used these writings was situated in the forbidding ravine of Qumran at the northern end of the Dead Sea

dead sea scrolls

A collection of scrolls dating to the first century B C E found in caves near the Dead Sea; they are generally thought to be linked with the settlement at Qumran, and with a Jewish religious group called the Essenes See Conclusion

Turkish pronunciation

ded si

Pronunciation

/ˈded ˈsē/ /ˈdɛd ˈsiː/

Etymology

[ 'ded ] (adjective.) before 12th century. Middle English deed, from Old English dEad; akin to Old Norse dauthr dead, deyja to die, Old High German tOt dead; more at DIE.