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Orion Center for the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature view detail comment email this

Those interested in the Dead Sea Scrolls may study them virtually here. This site provides information about the Orion Center in Jerusalem, its programs, and its publications. There are also online and print resources including The Beginner's Guide to Scrolls and the Discoveries in the Judean Desert Index, news articles, and links to relevant Web sites. A virtual cave tour allows visitors to see where the scrolls were hidden and examine fragments of the manuscripts.
http://orion.mscc.huji.ac.il/
Topics: Internet, Internet Guides & Search Tools, Outdoor Recreation, Religion

Last updated Apr 4, 2001


Scrolls From the Dead Sea: The Ancient Library of Qumran and Modern Scholarship view detail comment email this

This "exhibition describes the historical context of the scrolls and the Qumran community from whence they may have originated; it also relates the story of their discovery 2,000 years later." Features information about the Dead Sea region in Israel and Jordan, images of scroll fragments with translations, and a brief consideration of "their impact on the foundations of Judaism and Christianity." From the Library of Congress.
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/scrolls/
Topics: International Governments, Religion

Last updated Aug 3, 2004




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