NEWS ON THE UPCOMING DEAD SEA SCROLLS EXHIBIT IN SAN DIEGO:

Scrolls will be in spotlight
Events will surround local exhibit of oldest known copies of Hebrew Bible
By Sandi Dolbee
UNION-TRIBUNE RELIGION & ETHICS EDITOR

July 8, 2006

With San Diego's first-ever exhibition of the Dead Sea Scrolls just a year away, and ticket sales set to begin this fall, preparations are nearing biblical proportions.

Two dozen pieces have been chosen from the the Israel Antiquities Authority for the exhibition, which will be held June 29 through Dec. 31, 2007, at the San Diego Natural History Museum, according to Risa Levitt Kohn, a religious studies professor at San Diego State University who is helping to organize the show.

A dozen samples will be on display the first three months, to be replaced by another dozen for the second phase, she said.

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