Shrine Of The Book Dead Sea Scrolls. The dead sea scrolls are simply some of the most compelling and interesting texts for any jew or historian to behold and well worth the visit to the shrine of the book, an already enticing museum. The discovery at qumran of the first seven dead sea scrolls in 1947 required a suitable place to house them.
814 cm • purchased for the shrine of the book with the aid of a grant from the wolfson foundation • accession number: Many thousands of written fragments have been discovered in the dead sea area. The dead sea scrolls are simply some of the most compelling and interesting texts for any jew or historian to behold and well worth the visit to the shrine of the book, an already enticing museum.
The first of the 2,000 year old scrolls were discovered in 1947 by a young bedouin shepherd.
The two biblical scrolls of isaiah are the most prized of the collection. The shrine of the book was built as a repository for the first seven scrolls discovered at qumran in 1947. What is the shrine of the book? On april 20, 1965, the shrine of the book was dedicated.