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Discovery of the Scrolls
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June 29, 2007 - January 6, 2008
Dead Sea Scrolls
Presented by Joan and Irwin Jacobs

The Dead Sea Scrolls are our bridge to a period that laid the foundation of western traditions, beliefs and practices throughout the past two millennia.

Discovery of the Scrolls
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Scrolls found in pottery jars
  • Some of the scrolls found by Bedouin shepherds were discovered in cylindrical pottery jars of this type, which are unknown elsewhere.
  • These jars, like the other pottery vessels recovered at Qumran, were probably manufactured locally.

Discovery of the Scrolls

Finally
  • All scrolls were made public and translated by the early 1990's.
  • Huntingdon Library (USA) released its microfiche copies.
  • Open to all scholars
  • Israel appoints a new Scroll Team.
Their Scrolls

Contents of the Scrolls
  • All works of the Hebrew Bible - except Esther
  • other related works, such as Book of Enoch, Jubilees
  • own works including
  • Community Rule
  • Damascus Rule
  • Copper Scroll
  • Temple Scroll
  • War Scroll
  • Hymns
  • 4QMMT - set of laws
  • The Secret of the Way Things Are - mystical mysteries



 
Jugs and juglets. Copyright IAA
Jugs and juglets, © IAA


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The Dead Sea Scrolls exhibition is a joint production of the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA),
Dead Sea Scrolls Foundation and the San Diego Natural History Museum.
This exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.
The images on the sdscrolls.org home page Flash™ segment are from a View of the Dead Sea © N. Folberg, Dead Sea Scrolls pottery and the 11Q5 Psalms scroll, courtesy of IAA.

Israel Antiquities Authority

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