A Journey Back in Time at the Reagan Library: The Dead Sea Scrolls Exhibit. “Dead Sea Scrolls: The Exhibition” opened at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on November 22. The exhibit includes 200 artifacts dating back to around 250 BCE to 68 C.E. (Ayala Or-El, Jewish Journal).
“Dead Sea Scrolls: The Exhibition” opened at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on November 22. The exhibit includes 200 artifacts dating back to around 250 BCE to 68 C.E.Fragments of antiquity. Hebrew history comes alive at Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit ( Michele Willer-Allred, Thousand Oaks Acorn).One of the artifacts is the Magdala Stone, which dates to the Second Temple Period and features intricate carvings of the Temple. The stone served as ceremonial furniture on which sacred scrolls were placed. There’s also the Sea of Galilee Boat, a 1st-century CE fishing boat made from oak and cedar. The Psalm Scroll, the most substantial and well-preserved manuscript of Psalms, which contains several Psalms not found in the Hebrew Bible, is on display. Ossuaries, small stone receptacles used for secondary burial and Objects from Masada including small potsherds bearing writing in Aramaic, Hebrew, and Latin ostraca can be found at the exhibit as well.
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Journalists at the preview stood in hushed awe as the historic artifacts were shown, as did the curators who had traveled from Israel to set up the display in Simi Valley.
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