Milwaukee DSS exhibit opens

THE MILWAUKEE DEAD SEA SCROLLS EXHIBITION has opened:

Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit inspires visitors

By Jackie Loohauis-Bennett of the Journal Sentinel

Posted: Jan. 22, 2010 10:57 p.m.

The ink on the 2,000-year-old parchments has faded. But for visitors at the opening of the Milwaukee Public Museum's "Dead Sea Scrolls and the Bible" exhibit Friday, the power of the ancient writings remains.

The museum sold more than 1,500 tickets to the first day of the largest temporary exhibit it has ever produced. The exhibit displays more than 200 artifacts, including actual fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls from the third century B.C. to first century A.D., carrying biblical texts from such books as Genesis, Exodus and Deuteronomy. Medieval and modern Bibles also are on display.

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Photo gallery here. Video here.

UPDATE: There's a lecture series to go with the exhibit.