Dead Sea Scrolls. To celebrate World Migratory Bird Day (9 May) see... Hon. Research Fellow in the Centre for Biblical Studies Helen Jacobus, 'Flood calendars and birds of the ark in the Dead Sea Scrolls (4Q252 and 4Q254a), Septuagint and ancient Near East texts' in Opening heaven's floodgates: The Genesis Flood narrative, its context and reception, Silverman, JM. (ed.). vol 12 (Gorgias Press 2013), 85-112. Further information.