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The Dead Sea Scrolls:
Here is an Exhibit at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC
The exhibition Scrolls From the Dead Sea: The Ancient Library of Qumran and Modern Scholarship
brings before the American people a selection from the scrolls which have been the subject of intense public interest. Over
the years questions have be en raised about the scrolls' authenticity, about the people who hid them away, about the period
in which they lived, about the secrets the scrolls reveal, and about the intentions of the scrolls' custodians in restricting
access. The Library's exhibition describes the historical context of the scrolls and the Qumran community from whence they
may have originated; it also relates the story of their discovery 2,000 years later. In addition, the exhibition encourages
a better understanding of the challenge s and complexities connected with scroll research.
The exhibition is divided into five sections:
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