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Art first seven scrolls discovered at Qumran in 1947. This symbolic building, with its eye-catching onion-shaped top, is considered an international landmark of modern architecture. Every line and contour of this structure resonates with special significance. The white dome symbolizes the lids of the jars in which the first scrolls were found while the contrast between the white dome and the black wall alongside it, alludes to the tension evident in the scrolls between the spiritual world of the “Sons of Light” (as the Judean Desert sectarians called themselves) and the “Sons of Darkness” (the sect’s enemies). Even the corridor leading into the Shrine resembles a cave, recalling the site where the ancient manuscripts were discovered. Certain texts stand out as transformative in a nation’s History captured in Art - From Ancient Israel (l) to pre-Columbian Central America. history - the American Declaration of Independence of 1776 stands out as setting out constitutionally the destiny of a people on the path to nationhood and the English Magna Carta of 1215, limiting the rights of rulers leading to the rule of law. Far preceding these two textual giants in time, looms the Dead Sea Scrolls - one of the greatest archeological discoveries of the 20th century. To feast one’s eyes upon these ancient, sacred texts is to journey back two millennia, tracing the evolution of the Book of Books. The Dead Sea Scrolls is a collection of 972 texts from the Hebrew Bible dating between 150 BC and 70 CE. Irrespective of one’s religious beliefs, it’s hard to escape the sheer power of this ‘shrine’ with its ancient, inspiring texts. As it is written: “.....as long as people continue to inquire The Inbal Jerusalem Hotel Spring-Summer 2011 12 about the nature of life and the world in which we live, the Bible will continue to inspire creativity, comfort the troubled, and provide hope for individuals wherever they may be.” The scrolls are some of the oldest surviving written documents in human history and contain original texts from the Bible as well as writings about the laws and society of Jewish culture. No less interesting for Christians, it offers a rare glimpse into what life was like around the time of Christ. Leaving the Shrine of the Book, the writer could not escape the thought of how some minor event could have such major impact. How poorer we would be had not Juma, a young Bedouin goatherd, not followed his wayward goats that were climbing too high up the cliffs. Little did he know that January day in 1947 that his straying goats would lead him to a cave whose sacred 2000 years contents would fascinate people for all eternity. Moving On Imbued by the ‘discovery’ of what life was like during the period of the Second Temple, visitors can fast-forward to later periods of Jewish life in the Judaica Wing. On display are religious objects from Jewish communities throughout the world, including manuscripts from Iran, Italy, and Poland. In one room, there are dozens of Hanukkah lamps (Hannukkiot), silver Torah ornaments, serving trays, and shofars (a ram’s horn, used for Jewish religious purposes). Other rooms contain a vast exhibit Tim Hursley, Courtesy of the Israel Museum
of costumes worn by Jews in the lands of the Diaspora and ritual articles connected with life events such as birth, circumcision and marriage. Visitors can also explore a reconstructed 17th-century Italian synagogue as well as a German one from the 18th century. The recently transferred interior of a synagogue from Cochin, India, is one of the museum’s newest treasures. The largest section of the museum is the Archeology Wing, containing the world’s largest collection of objects found in Israel. Presenting some 6,000 finds, mainly from archaeological excavations in Israel, the Bronfman Archaeology Wing illuminates the momentous historical events, cultural achievements, and technological advances as well as the everyday lives of the peoples of the region from the Stone Age through to the Ottoman Period. Galleries devoted to the development of ancient Hebrew script, the story of coins and the revolutionary art of glassmaking – all enhance the narrative of civilizations in evolution, as do the displays presenting the neighboring cultures of Egypt, the Ancient Near East, Greece, Italy, and the Islamic Near East, each of which left huge cultural imprints on the region. Exercise the legs; let the mind wonder There is so much to see from the Archeological Garden containing classical Greco-Roman sculptures, sarcophagi, and mosaics, most of which were discovered and excavated in Israel, to the Billy Rose Art Garden, on The Inbal Jerusalem Hotel Spring-Summer 2011 13 Anglo-Saxon Jerusalem Israel’s Leading Real Estate Marketing Network Have a foothold in Jerusalem! Sales Resales Rentals Residential and Commercial Projects (corner of King David St.) Tel: 02-625-1161 Mevasseret Zion branch: 02-5334088 Gush Etzion branch: 02-9931606 Haredi Sector branch: 02-6223589 Visit our site: www.anglo-saxon.co.il/jerusalem e-mail: Jerusalem@anglo-saxon.co.il Shiran Israeli Multiple Listing Service
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