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First Person: Ushering In the Future at the Shrine of the Book

Roitman seeks funding for exciting ideas

By Hershel Shanks

It is the most distinctive building in modern Israel. It is also one of the most visited—a destination for virtually everyone who travels to the Holy Land. It is the Shrine of the Book, home of the Dead Sea Scrolls. But it needs work—and money. Dedicated on April 20, 1965, after eight years of planning and construction, the shrine was built to house the seven original Dead Sea Scrolls found by the Bedouin in 1947. Three of these scrolls were purchased for the new State of Israel by Professor Eleazar Sukenik of Hebrew University; the other four were secured […]

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Footnotes

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See Harvey Minkoff, “The Aleppo Codex—Ancient Bible from the Ashes,” Bible Review, August 1991.

Endnotes

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Adolfo Roitman, “The History, Architecture, and Symbolism of the Shrine of the Book,” Israel Museum Journal 15 (1997), p. 15. I have taken much of my description of the building from this article and from a personal tour by Dr. Roitman. I gratefully acknowledge the debt.