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Understanding the Dead Sea Scroll Community
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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.

Understanding the Dead Sea Scroll Community
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A Brief Profile

Understanding the Dead Sea Scroll Community

The Place

The Place: Geography



  • Qumran
  • Dead Sea
  • Jerusalem


Understanding the Dead Sea Scroll Community


A Roller Coaster Ride... down, up, over and down

Understanding the Dead Sea Scroll Community

The Judean Desert

Understanding the Dead Sea Scroll Community

Qumran

Understanding the Dead Sea Scroll Community

Understanding the Dead Sea Scroll Community

Qumran - the headquarters of the Dead Sea Scroll community, 20 miles east of Jerusalem


A Sensational Find

The Dead Sea Scrolls -
The most important
biblical archeological find
of the 20th century

Excitement: the Dead Sea Scrolls sounded very Christian

Inspired Teacher
A Teacher of Righteousness
Rituals
Water ritual (like baptism) for purification
Sacred meal of bread and wine
Outlook
Messianic expectations
Practices
Torah-observant (like early Jesus Movement under Jesus' brother, James)
Organization
Structure of the DSS community like the structure of the Christian church: bishop, priest, laity



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


Barona Band of Mission Indians
Bank of America
The Hilton Family be hospitable

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

© San Diego Natural History Museum

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