Although there likely was a school of copyists at Qumran, probably many of the scrolls were collected elsewhere and brought there by the believers.
पुष्कळ गुंडाळ्यांमध्ये जेरूसलेममधील धार्मिक अधिकारी वर्गाच्या विरोधात मांडलेली मते आणि चालीरीती आढळतात.