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ליקוטי שמואל — great isaiah scroll — Vayak'hel-Pekudei 5786

Выпуск: ליקוטי שמואל — great isaiah scroll — Vayak'hel-Pekudei 5786. Темы: family_education, parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: воспитание, дети, семья, chinuch, family, חינוך, ילדים, משפחה, недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. Order here: https://dash.bookpod.co.il/product/2231 Great Isaiah Scroll, oldest near-complete biblical book ever found, on show in entirety for 1st time since 1968 3 The 2,100-year-old artifact, seven meters long, can be viewed at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem; only 25 people at a time allowed into climate- controlled room By ROSSELLA TERCATIN The Great Isaiah Scroll, the oldest nearly complete book from the Hebrew Bible ever found, is on display in its full length for the first time since 1968. Sold first to an antiquity dealer, and then to the Syrian archbishop of the Syrian Orthodox Church in Jerusalem, Athanasius Yeshue Samuel, the manuscript was finally bought anonymously by Israel in 1954 after the archbishop brought it to New York, hoping to find an American buyer. Those include representatives of some Christian communities and organizations, including the French School of Biblical and Archeological Research in Jerusalem, which conducted the first excavation in the Qumran Caves at the beginning of the 1950s, and the Syrian Church, 5 which offered a 15th-century copy of the New Testament written in Aramaic for the exhibit. “Isaiah is quoted about 66 times in the New Testament, and he is considered one of the elements that actually herald the coming of the Messiah.” The exhibit also features some pottery and cloths used to wrap the scrolls that were uncovered by the archaeologists of the French School, as well as pictures from the excavations. Maoz and Herzog also emphasized that many of the verses in Isaiah have become part of the Jewish and Israeli modern ethos, from “Nation shall not lift up sword against nation,” which is engraved in Herzog’s office, to “Comfort, oh comfort my people.” After visitors leave the room housing the scroll, the last hall of the exhibition includes a reproduction of the artifact, highlighting these and other iconic verses, as well as interesting details of the object, such as the line showing where the two parts were attached, and the location of a leather patch placed in ancient times to repair the scroll. “So too with the unique scroll in whose honor we have gathered: the ancient

Издание
ליקוטי שמואל
Дата
13 марта 2026 г.
Страниц
6

Темы: family_education, parsha_commentary