how does this sea get its name?
Hebrew, meaning "sea of salt".
Dead Sea
n Hebrew, the Dead Sea is ' (), meaning "sea of salt" (Genesis 14:3). The Bible uses this term alongside two 
who lived for many years in the bible Methuselah. has he been mentioned in any other sacred texts? Yes, in the Book of Jubilees and the Rabbinic literature. what is the first one about? It is an ancient Jewish religious work of 50 chapters. did any early written records of this book survive? Yes, extensive fragments among the Dead Sea Scrolls and four complete Ge'ez texts. where were the former discovered? Qumran Caves in the Judaean Desert, near Ein Feshkha on the northern shore of the Dead Sea in the West Bank.
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Dead Sea [SEP] Etymology and toponymy
In Hebrew, the Dead Sea is ' (), meaning "sea of salt" (Genesis 14:3). The Bible uses this term alongside two others: the Sea of the Arabah (' ), and the Eastern Sea (' ). The designation "Dead Sea" never appears in the Bible. In prose sometimes the term ' (, "sea of death") is used, due to the scarcity of aquatic life there. In Arabic, the Dead Sea is called ("the Dead Sea"), or less commonly ' (, "the Sea of Lot"). Another historic name in Arabic was the "Sea of Zoʼar", after a nearby town in biblical times.