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[[Image:Tank image 13a dsscroll.jpg|thumb|Image of a page from the Secret Dead Sea Scrolls which flashes during the opening credits]]
[[Image:SecretDeadSeaScrolls.jpg|thumb|Image of a page from the Secret Dead Sea Scrolls which flashes during the opening credits]]


The '''Dead Sea Scrolls''', also called the '''Secret Dead Sea Scrolls''', are a set of documents written by the god-like progenitor aliens known as the "[[First Ancestral Race]]" and during the series, in the possession of the [[Seele]] organization. Little is known about the Dead Sea Scrolls from the series, except to what SEELE eludes to during their meetings throughout the series and what is stated in the [[[[Classified Information#Dead Sea Scrolls|Classified Information]] section of the [[Neon Genesis Evangelion 2]] video game.  
The '''Dead Sea Scrolls''' is the in-universe name for a set of documents that serve as the primary guide and philosophy of [[Seele]]. Little is known about them, except for what Seele alludes to during their meetings and what is stated in the [[Classified Information#Dead Sea Scrolls|Classified Information]] section of the [[Neon Genesis Evangelion 2]] video game.  


=History=
==In Evangelion==


According to the [[Classified Information#Dead Sea Scrolls|Classified Information]] files, Seele was originally a clandestine religious organization and actively sponsored searches for relics belonging to its faith, under the public image of being a patron of the arts. After acquiring the Dead Sea Scrolls, Seele evolved into the organization it was at the time of Neon Genesis Evangelion. The CI files explicitly state that the scrolls were of extraterrestrial origin and that they contained information on the [[Seed of Life|Seeds of Life]] and the Spear of Longinus. The Dead Sea Scrolls that were released to the public were portions of the Secret Dead Sea Scrolls which were devoid of any valuable information.
It is known that the Scrolls are of [[First Ancestral Race|extraterrestrial origin]] and that they serve as a manual on the use and purposes of the contents of [[Black Moon|Black]]/[[White Moon|White]] Moon's: a [[Seed of Life]] and the [[Spear of Longinus]].<ref>[[Classified Information#Dead Sea Scrolls|Classified Information]]</ref>. They detail rules on how to use these items, and are often referred to as prophecy; to the extent of the order and times of release of the [[Angels (Adam's_Children)|Angels]].


*For more on the real-life Dead Sea Scrolls, see the External Links section.
Seele possessed vast wealth and power, and being founded as a religious organisation, they funded investigations into relics of their faith. This culminated with the excavation of the Dead Sea Scrolls. The irrelevant discoveries were released to the public as the Dead Sea Scrolls, while the Secret Dead Sea Scrolls were kept by Seele. They would later be used to put their ultimate plans of a [[Second Impact|Second]] and [[Third Impact]], followed by [[Human Instrumentality Project|Instrumentality]].


==Notes==
==In Reality==
*The single page from the Secret Dead Sea Scrolls that appears in the opening credits contains symbols vaguely similar to the "Angelic letters", a modified form of the Hebrew alphabet.


*During [[Instrumentality]], the [[Mass Production Evangelions]] generate a giant Sephirothic [[Tree of Life|Tree of Life]] made out of energy, made out of images of giant Hebrew letters and circles floating in the sky.  It is possible that this implies that ancient Judaism and the mysticism of the Kabbalah were actually influenced by the alien knowledge of the "Dead Sea Scrolls". Although the Seele power cabal ''eventually'' acquired the Scrolls, their exact history from when they arrived on Earth up until the present day is not revealed.  It is possible that ancient Jewish mystics or cults found the manual-artifact the First Ancestral Race left with one of the Seeds of Life (but which got separated from a Seed and due to tectonic shifts ended up in the Dead Sea area). These mystic cults then decoded much of the manual, and the knowledge of the universe which it imparted onto them greatly affected their beliefs and rituals, i.e. that the Kabbalistic "Tree of Life" is actually a real energy pattern. Ultimately, after hundreds of years Seele acquired the "Dead Sea Scrolls" in 1947, but realized that it was actually literally true and of extraterrestrial origin.  
The real Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in eleven caves at Qumran in 1947 on the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea. The texts are mostly fragmented, with the exception of a few relatively intact scripts. Scripts and script fragments are numbered according to the cave they were found in. A number of scrolls are in Hebrew, while others are in the Aramaic language. Fragments of every book of the Old Testament, except for the book of Esther, have been found among the Dead Sea Scrolls.<ref>
http://www.centuryone.com/25dssfacts.html</ref>


*The [[Classified Information#Dead Sea Scrolls|Classified Information]] files are considered [[What_Is_Canon%3F#Tier_2:__Statements_made_by_the_show.27s_creators.2C_principally_Anno.|Tier 2]] or [[What_Is_Canon%3F#Tier_3:__Official_Supplemental_Sources.|Tier 3]] Canon depending on whether or not they were quoted directly from [[Hideaki Anno|Anno]] himself.  
A number of Dead Sea Scrolls, while classified at the time of Evangelion's production, have since been made available to the public. As such, the mystery surrounding their contents has disappeared.<ref>http://orion.mscc.huji.ac.il/</ref>


*In real life, the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in eleven caves at Qumran, on the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea, 13 miles(20 kilometers) to the east of Jerusalem. The texts are mostly fragmented, with the exception of a few relatively intact scripts. Scripts and script fragments are numbered according to the cave they were found in. A number of scrolls are in Hebrew, while others are in the Aramaic language. Fragments of every book of the Old Testament, except for the book of Esther, have been found among the Dead Sea Scrolls.
==References==
 
A number of scrolls had not been made available to the public at the time of the series' production. They have been since released, and the mystery surrounding their contents has since disappeared.
 
==External Links==
http://www.centuryone.com/25dssfacts.html
 
http://orion.mscc.huji.ac.il/
 
http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/deadsea.scrolls.exhibit/intro.html
 
http://oi.uchicago.edu/research/projects/scr/


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Image of a page from the Secret Dead Sea Scrolls which flashes during the opening credits

The Dead Sea Scrolls is the in-universe name for a set of documents that serve as the primary guide and philosophy of Seele. Little is known about them, except for what Seele alludes to during their meetings and what is stated in the Classified Information section of the Neon Genesis Evangelion 2 video game.

In Evangelion

It is known that the Scrolls are of extraterrestrial origin and that they serve as a manual on the use and purposes of the contents of Black/White Moon's: a Seed of Life and the Spear of Longinus.[1]. They detail rules on how to use these items, and are often referred to as prophecy; to the extent of the order and times of release of the Angels.

Seele possessed vast wealth and power, and being founded as a religious organisation, they funded investigations into relics of their faith. This culminated with the excavation of the Dead Sea Scrolls. The irrelevant discoveries were released to the public as the Dead Sea Scrolls, while the Secret Dead Sea Scrolls were kept by Seele. They would later be used to put their ultimate plans of a Second and Third Impact, followed by Instrumentality.

In Reality

The real Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in eleven caves at Qumran in 1947 on the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea. The texts are mostly fragmented, with the exception of a few relatively intact scripts. Scripts and script fragments are numbered according to the cave they were found in. A number of scrolls are in Hebrew, while others are in the Aramaic language. Fragments of every book of the Old Testament, except for the book of Esther, have been found among the Dead Sea Scrolls.[2]

A number of Dead Sea Scrolls, while classified at the time of Evangelion's production, have since been made available to the public. As such, the mystery surrounding their contents has disappeared.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Classified Information
  2. ↑ http://www.centuryone.com/25dssfacts.html
  3. ↑ http://orion.mscc.huji.ac.il/
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