Article Title

LDS Church Sponsors Dead Sea Scrolls Exhibit in Chicago

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history, exhibit, Chicago, BYU, Dead Sea Scrolls

Abstract

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is one of the principal sponsors of an exhibit on the Dead Sea Scrolls that opened on 10 March at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois. Running through 11 June 2000, the exhibit features 15 scroll texts and 80 artifacts excavated at Qumran, a site of ancient ruins located near the caves where the scrolls were first discovered.

Recommended Citation

(2000) "LDS Church Sponsors Dead Sea Scrolls Exhibit in Chicago," Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship: Vol. 20: No. 3, Article 2.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/insights/vol20/iss3/2