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.