Swords into Plowshares
The Isaiah Scroll and Its Message of Peace
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May 19 2008 - September 16 2008
Curators: Adolfo Roitman, Michal Dayagi-Mendels
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On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the State of Israel, the Israel Museum presented the longest, best preserved, and most complete Dead Sea Scroll document ever found, in a special installation in the Shrine of the Book. Never before shown in an extended public display, this 2.60 meter-long section of the Isaiah Scroll comprises the first twenty-eight chapters of the Book of Isaiah, including Isaiah's celebrated message of peace: "They shall beat their swords into plowshares�" (Is. 2:4). In order to illustrate this important message, iron tools from the days of the prophet Isaiah (8th century BCE) were displayed alongside the Scroll. A Hellenistic seal depicting a dove carrying an olive branch, newly excavated and never before displayed, was on view.
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