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Dead Sea Scrolls Research Council: Fragments

The Shrine of the Book—Where Nothing Has Changed

By Hershel Shanks

Major developments in nearly every field related to the Dead Sea Scrolls have followed in the wake of their release. Research on the scrolls is burgeoning. Depositories of scroll photographs are doing their best to accommodate the needs of many scholars. The Israel Antiquities Authority is not only providing access to photographs, but to the fragments themselves. In addition, it has undertaken a major effort to prevent further deterioration of the scrolls and even to reverse the damage done when early researchers placed cellophane tape over the back of joins. With the advice of the world’s foremost experts, the […]

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Footnotes

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Although it is technically a part of the Israel Museum, the Shrine of the Book is ruled by Broshi as a private fiefdom. On one occasion during the height of the Dead Sea Scrolls brouhaha, Martin Weyl, the director of the Israel Museum, told Broshi to refrain from talking to the press because Broshi had developed an embarrassing foot-in-mouth disease. Broshi ignored the ukase with impunity.