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Friday, October 17, 2008
The Dead Sea Scrolls come to Toronto
Next year -- specifically from June 27, 2009 until Jan. 3, 2010 -- the Royal Ontario Museum will have a spectacular exhibit of the Dead Sea Scrolls. For details see this CBC article.
Image: The Book of Isaiah on display in Jerusalem.
Controversy is putting it mildly... There has been a vitriolic exchange about this exhibit in the National Post -- see links at the top of this article:
This is not without controversy. See http://www.nationalpost.com/arts/story.html?id=954321
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Great event! I like your dead sea pictures ☺
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