Dead Sea Scrolls Exhibition

The Jewish Museum [LINK] in New York City is now showing an exhibition called
The Dead Sea Scrolls: Mysteries of the Ancient World

The Exhibition began September 21, 2008 and runs until January 04, 2009.

The exhibit includes six of the Dead Sea Scrolls which are the earliest copies of the Hebrew Bible in existence.

These scrolls include portions from the book of Jeremiah, which date to 225-175 BCE.

Other texts that will be shown include an aprocryphal Jewish work, the Book of Tobit, which was not included in the Hebrew canon but was eventually accepted into some versions of the Christian Old Testament

Early examples of prayers from Words of the Luminaries; and Aramaic Apocryphon of Daniel, which mentions a son of God.

Also shown will be excerpts from two sectarian compositions, the Community Rule, which lays out the regulations for joining and being a member of a sect, and the War Scroll, which describes a great war at the end of days. Three of these scrolls have never been exhibited, while three others have never been seen in New York.

The exhibition will also include some artifacts from the site of Qumran and its vicinity.
A jar and linen wrapper that protected the scrolls, the earliest phylacteries, dishes and vessels, and objects of daily life such as sandals, hairnets, and combs will illuminate the current scholarly debates over who used and who hid the scrolls.

Looks like a great family get-away,
So close to the Gugenheim and many other NYC museums, right across the street from Central park.
See you there between the holidays!

Rob

 

I'll be waiting for your report.

Rob