Dead Sea Scrolls Exhibit News

 
What other museums are up to
Philadelphia Inquirer
The Franklin Institute's epic "Dead Sea Scrolls: Life and Faith in Ancient Times" features 20 of the ancient texts - which include a handwritten Book of Genesis and other millennia-old sections of the Old Testament and Hebrew Bible - along with more ...


 
'Dead Sea Scroll' exhibit gives taste of what it was like in ancient times ...
Delaware County Daily Times
The scrolls, which date back to the first and second century BC, are on display at the Franklin Institute as part of the exhibit “Dead Sea Scrolls: Life and Faith in Ancient Times.” “There are few periods in history that we can look back to as moments ...
Found: Book of Bible missing from Dead Sea ScrollsWND.com

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Gloucester County Times - NJ.com
Franklin Institute rolls out Dead Sea Scroll exhibit
Cherry Hill Courier Post
The News Journal/JENNIFER CORBETT / The News Journal/JENNIFER CORBETT Pottery is shown at The Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit at The Franklin Intitute in Philadelphia. / JENNIFER CORBETT/The News Journal “Dead Sea Scrolls: Life and Faith in Ancient Times,” ...
Franklin Institute displays 'Dead Sea Scrolls'Gloucester County Times - NJ.com
Dead Sea Scrolls come to life in Philly exhibitWFMJ
Dead Sea Scrolls at Franklin Institute: SlideshowPhiladelphia Business Journal (blog)

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CBS Local
Dead Sea Scrolls come to the Franklin Institute
Philadelphia Inquirer
On Saturday, the Franklin Institute will open the doors on a remarkable exhibition, “Dead Sea Scrolls: Life and Faith in Ancient Times.” The collection consists of more than 600 figurines, altars, coins, pottery, menorahs, bone boxes, ...
More than 3000 Years of History Arrive in Philadelphia with "Dead Sea Scrolls ...PR Newswire (press release)
Historic Dead Sea Scrolls Readied For Their Closeup at Franklin InstituteCBS Local

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Bill Uhrich: Dead Sea Scrolls at Franklin Institute
Reading Eagle
A Bedouin youth in 1947 was out looking for a lost goat when he tossed a stone into a cave bordering the Dead Sea. In an exhibit that opened at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia last weekend, "Dead Sea Scrolls: Life and Faith in Ancient Times," 10 ...


 
The Jewish Journal of Greater L.A.
The Six Day War and a trip to the museum
The Jewish Journal of Greater L.A.
He came across a strongroom containing the museum's coin collection and remembered seeing it on exhibit when he was a boy. He did not come on the room where the museum's Dead Sea Scrolls had been secured the eve of the war. Most of the men dozed off on ...


 
Dead Sea Scolls exhibit opens under careful scrutiny
Auction Central News
The Israel Antiquities Authority conservator is one of only four people in the world allowed to handle the Dead Sea Scrolls, the centerpiece of a new exhibition at The Franklin Institute, where a painstaking examination of the ancient treasures was ...
Dead Sea Scrolls: Priceless window into historyPhiladelphia Daily News

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