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were discovered in a cave in 1947. They contain the history of the Second Temple and some manuscripts of the Hebrew Bible.

Dead Sea Scrolls.

Explanation:

The Dead Sea Manuscripts are a series of nearly 1,000 Hebrew writings roughly written between the 2nd century BC and the 1st century AD. They refer to innumerable questions of the Jewish religion and Hebrew traditions, including fragments of the Hebrew Bible as well as evidence of the existence of the Second Temple of Jerusalem. For the Jews, these manuscripts represent the strongest evidence of the ancient practices of this religion, as well as reliable and sacred documentation of the Hebrew culture itself.