Sunday, September 17, 2006

Lets Go See the Scrolls

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* 10 of the Dead Sea Scrolls, a collection of thousands of fragments that include the oldest-known manuscripts of the Hebrew Bible, known to Christians as the Old Testament.

* about 50,000 scroll fragments — ranging from tiny pieces to one that's 30 feet long — were found in 10 more caves near the Qumran settlement, close to the Dead Sea. The fragments are thought to comprise about 900 manuscripts total.

* $19.97. To purchase: www.pacsci.org/dss/tickets.html or 877-DSS-1947. Group bookings: 206-443-2937.
* Roughly a quarter of the Dead Sea Scrolls, which date from about 250 B.C. to 65 A.D., are biblical, with all the books of the Hebrew Bible represented except for Esther.

* "the oldest documents of our holy Scriptures [and are] still relevant to our lives today,

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