The scrolls are here!
In case you don't know, the Dead Sea Scrolls are now on display from September 23 to January 7 in the Pacific Science Center. This is the first time the scrolls have ever been publicly shown in the west coast. I am definitely going. A group of 15 or more can get 1/3 off the price of the tickets! So far, eight people already signed up to go in early November for the exhibit. If you are interested, don't wait. Ping me so you can also enjoy the group discount on the tickets! In fact, I am also planning to go to a couple of lectures about them.
These biblical texts are the earliest known manuscripts of the Hebrew Bible, known to Christians as the Old Testament. See fragments that have never before been displayed in public.
This fall you'll have an extraordinary opportunity to hear from world-famous experts about the Dead Sea scrolls. Each week at Seattle's Town Hall, fascinating and sometimes controversial topics will be covered, including The Dead Sea Scrolls, Jesus and The Da Vinci Code, The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Stories They Tell and Using Technology to Reveal and Safeguard the Dead Sea Scrolls. Lectures will be at 7:30 p.m. most Wednesdays September 27-December 13. Tickets are $15 at pacificsciencecenter.org or at any Pacific Science Center ticket booth. For more information call 206-443-2001. Town Hall is located at Eighth Avenue and Seneca Street.
posted by Dan^2InHim at 9/24/2006 07:00:00 AM
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Now you can watch the first lecture of the series for free on demand. As this lecture was not necessarily aligned with your religious belief, viewer discretion is strongly advised.
Dead Sea Scrolls: Early Judaism and the Births of Christianity
9/27/2006
Overview
The first of a series of 12 lectures, "The Significance of the Scrolls for the Study of the Hebrew Bible, Early Judaism, and the Birth of Christianity," is given by Shalom Paul, Professor, The Hebrew Univeristy of Jerusalmen and Chairman of the Dead Sea Scrolls Foundation. Considered by many to be the most significant archeological find of the 20th century, the Dead Sea Scrolls date from 250 B.C.E. - 68 B.C.E. Apparently the library of a Jewish sect, they are the earliest known manuscripts of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) and are written primarily in Hebrew and Aramic.
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