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Several theories exist. These include:
* The scrolls represent the library collection of an obscure sect of Essenes [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essenes], who lived in a monastery at Qumran;
* The Qumran caves are a sort of ''genizah'' (in Hebrew, a storage area where holy books and other Hebrew writings are hidden away in a respectful manner after they are no longer usable); and
* A theory held by John Romer and Norman Golb of the University of Chicago that the scrolls were brought from Jerusalem to Qumran for safekeeping during the first Jewish Revolt around 68-70 A.D. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Jewish_Revolt]
