Sad, careless old fools around scripture (4,3,7)
I believe the answer is:
dead sea scrolls
'sad careless old fools around scripture' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'sad careless old fools' is the wordplay.
'fools' is an anagram indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'sad'+'careless'+'old'='sadcarelessold'
'sadcarelessold' is an anagram of 'DEAD SEA SCROLLS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dead sea scrolls that I've seen before include "ancient documents" , "Documents found at Qumran" , "Old documents" , "ancient scriptures?" , "Historic documents" .)