The Dead Sea Scrolls
A)refer to Moses' testament as the Israelites were about to cross the River Jordan into Canaan.
B)are documents dating from 2nd Century B.C.Judea, discovered in the 1940s.
C)contain a text of the Book of Isaiah that differs fundamentally from modern manuscripts.
D)are a set of Christian religious texts demonstrating the influence of Judaism on Christianity.
E)are better known as the Pentateuch.

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The Dead Sea Scrolls are indeed documents dating from 2nd Century B.C. Judea that were discovered in the 1940s. They contain a variety of texts, including biblical books, non-biblical Jewish literature, and sectarian documents from a Jewish community living near the Dead Sea. While they do contain some manuscripts of biblical books (including the Book of Isaiah), these texts are not unique to the Dead Sea Scrolls and are found in other ancient manuscripts as well. The Dead Sea Scrolls also predate the Pentateuch, which refers to the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, and are not equivalent to it. While there are similarities between Judaism and Christianity, the Dead Sea Scrolls themselves are not Christian texts and do not demonstrate the influence of Judaism on Christianity in the way that some other ancient documents do.