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Originally Posted by Timmy
Not even the DSCs are originals. Are they?
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Well, they are the
original Dead Sea Scrolls. LOL.
Some of the books in this collection don't appear in any other library and may be unique autographs. Certainly the more mundane stuff like the diaries and inventories are "unique" - but so what? My grocery list is unique and original every week and much of the DSS contain similar information - except the ice cream.
It's the biblical books that hold much of the fascination; and to be sure, they are not and none of them even purport to be the "autographs." An "autograph" is the original handwritten copy of a book. For example, the "autograph" of the Book of Romans would literally contain Paul's "autograph" in it.