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EXHIBIT EXPLANATION
The goals of the "Scrolls from the Dead Sea" exhibition are
three fold: to enable visitors to see twelve of the Dead Sea
Scroll fragments; to promote greater understanding of the turbulent
period in which the Dead Sea Scrolls were copied; and to provide
some insight into the questions raised and the "mystery"
surrounding this great manuscript find.
The exhibit has an introductory as well as three main
sections:
The introductory area presents the Psalms Scroll, the largest
of the scroll fragments in the exhibition, and touches on the
geographical and religious contexts of the period.
"The Qumran Community" examines the region in which the
scrolls were found, presents the archaeological materials
uncovered at the Qumran site, and explores the nature of the
habitation adjacent to the scroll-bearing caves.
The "Qumran Library" is a look at the various scrolls that
were discovered in the Dead Sea caves.
"Two Thousand Years Later" explores the significance of the
scrolls to modern scholarship and presents some of the
questions and controversies that surround them.
The storyline for the exhibition includes not only
interpretation of the scrolls, their meaning and significance, it
also deals, to the extent it has been explored by scholars, with
the history and social realities of the people and the times that
produced the scrolls. Recent publications on the exhibited scrolls
are included throughout the exhibition. Finally, the exhibition
presents differing views where they occur. For example, the Qumran
excavation is viewed by many as the site of a communal religious
sect, probably the Essenes. The exhibition explores this
interpretation but also presents entirely different points of view.
In the exhibition, B.C.E. (Before the Common Era) and C.E.
(Common Era) are alternate designations for B.C. and A.D. The
exhibition contains other words, terms, and references that may
need definition or explanation. Such terms are explained the first
time they occur in the exhibition. The gallery guide for the
exhibit also includes a full glossary of such terms. Visitors are
encouraged to use the gallery guide both while they are viewing the
exhibit as well as for further reading.
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deadsea.scrolls.exhibit rev. 6/18/93 (kde)