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On February 13th, 1955, Prime Minister Moshe Sharett held a news conference in which he announced that Israel purchased four out of the first seven Dead Sea Scrolls discovered in a cave at Qumran. The scrolls were placed up for sale in a classified ad placed in the Wall Street Journal by a Syrian Orthodox priest.
Read more: This Day In History: Israel Buys Dead Sea Scrolls After 'For Sale' Ad Published