‘Come back [to Israel] and bring a lot of people with you’

Published on December 4, 2012

“No Shopping!” guide Nadav Kersh admonished his charges as they entered the crowded Old City of Jerusalem. “I mean it. No shopping! It’s just too easy to get lost here.”

Gifts for literarily everyone

By Jonathan Kirsch
Published on November 20, 2012

As Chanukah approaches, there is a plentitude of gift-worthy titles from recently published books. Some are elegant, some quirky, some comforting, but all of them are suitable for one or another of the readers on your list.

‘A window onto 1,000 turbulent years crucial to understanding today’s Mideast’

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on May 27, 2012

Dead Sea Scrolls debut online [VIDEO]

Published on September 27, 2011

Internet users can now view the Dead Sea Scrolls online.

Slander, Lies and the Dead Sea Scrolls

By Tom Tugend
Published on November 23, 2010

The Dead Sea Scrolls, recorded by ancient Jewish scribes some 2,260 years ago, are at the center of a criminal case featuring such 21st century concepts as cyberbullying and Internet sleuthing.

Dead Sea Scrolls going online

Published on October 19, 2010

The Dead Sea Scrolls will go online in a project launched by the Israel Antiquities Authority.

Dead Sea Scrolls Fragments, Biblical Artifacts on View in Azusa

By Tom Tugend
Published on May 11, 2010

Five fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls and a collection of rare biblical artifacts will be on display May 21 through July 18 at Azusa Pacific University (APU) in Azusa.

The Dead Sea Scrolls . . . via La Jolla

By Rob Eshman
Published on December 20, 2007

The odyssey of the Dead Sea Scrolls
-- what a long, strange trip it's been

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on June 14, 2007

The Dead Sea scrolls will arrive this summer at the San Diego Natural History Museum after a long, convoluted journey - one that was often interrupted by controversy.

San Diego museum culls worldwide collections for Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit

By Brigid Brett
Published on June 14, 2007

Armchair archeologists can explore Qumran virtually

By Tom Tugend
Published on June 14, 2007

Although it was a hot day, I was perfectly comfortable because my virtual walking tour of the desert settlement was conducted at a sophisticated UCLA computer site, courtesy of the Qumran Visualization Project.

Qumran Offers Look at Legacy of Scrolls

By Lisa Alcalay Klug
Published on November 17, 2005

Archaeologists believe the Essenes were highly concerned with maintaining their ritual purity and bathed at least twice a day. An aqueduct system caught water from the hills above and channeled it into an elaborate series of mikvahs, or ritual baths.

Letters

Published on September 29, 2005

I support Rabbi David Wolpe's position entirely ("We Must Condemn Heartless Bilge," Sept. 16). Rav Ovadiah Yosef has made Israel look very bad.

Local Team Solves Ancient Mystery

By Gaby Wenig
Published on October 14, 2004

In 1979 two tiny pieces of cracked and deteriorated silver found in a tomb outside of the Old City of Jerusalem proved to be one of the most important archeological discoveries of the century.

Stroll Among the Scrolls

By Gaby Wenig
Published on February 12, 2004

In 1947, a young Bedouin scrounging around some caves about 15 miles from Jerusalem came across some sealed clay urns and unearthed one of the most important archeological discoveries of the century -- the Dead Sea Scrolls. The scrolls are 2,000-year-old fragments of Hebrew manuscripts written on parchment, leather and copper. Some are transcriptions of Torah portions, others contain commentaries on the Torah, and still others contain records of a separatist Jewish sect in the mid-Second Temple era that established itself high on the hills of Qumran, where the scrolls were found.

Dead Sea Scrolls Visit Santa Ana

By Andrea Adelson
Published on September 27, 2001

An Iron Age stone fragment that bears the first known reference outside the Bible to King David will be among the works shown in October during "The Holy Land: David Roberts, Dead Sea Scrolls, House of David Inscription" at the Bowers Museum of Cultural Art in Santa Ana. It will be a first for a U.S. institution.