Ancient Jewish manuscripts dating back 2,000 years on display at Reagan Library

The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library successful Simi Valley, California, has opened a caller grounds successful concern with the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), giving visitors a deeper knowing of past Judaism and the aboriginal foundations of Christianity.

Titled "Dead Sea Scrolls: The Exhibition," the grounds showcases IAA’s archaeological finds. The Scrolls are believed to day backmost to 250 BCE to 68 CE.

The Dead Sea Scrolls are a postulation of past Jewish manuscripts with the archetypal fragment to beryllium displayed is simply a expanse of the Great Psalms Scroll from Cave 11, written successful Hebrew.

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The depository spans 125,000 quadrate feet, consisting of some imperishable and impermanent galleries, according to the library's site. 

The Dead Sea Scrolls volition beryllium alongside immoderate of the astir important archaeological discoveries of the 20th century. The grounds is present disposable for visitors to spot astatine the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library successful Simi Valley, Calif. (The Reagan Library)

David Trulio, Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute president & CEO, said it is an grant to big the Scrolls connected the 75th day of their discovery.

"The Dead Sea Scrolls are foundational to the improvement of the large monotheistic faiths: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. President Reagan was profoundly shaped by his faith, and we are arrogant to bring these past treasures to the public," helium said.

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Alongside the 8 Scrolls, determination volition beryllium 200 further artifacts connected display.

The Magdala Stone is from the Second Temple Period, showing carvings of the earliest known Temple. (The Reagan Library)

Guests tin larn astir the relation of ineffable spaces done the Magdala Stone, sharing the past of synagogues.

From the Second Temple Period, the chromatic has carvings of the earliest known Temple with images of the Temple Menorah. 

The Sea of Galilee Boat is simply a sportfishing vessel from the archetypal period CE that was discovered connected the northwest enactment of the Sea of Galilee, according to the property release.

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The reconstructed "Jesus Boat" is made with wood from the archetypal vas stretching 27 feet agelong and 7 and a fractional feet wide. 

The Sea of Galilee Boat is simply a sportfishing vessel from the archetypal period CE that was discovered connected the northwest enactment of the Sea of Galilee. (The Reagan Library)

Small chromatic receptacles utilized for secondary burials, known arsenic ossuaries, will beryllium connected show arsenic well. 

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"These ossuaries thatch america astir aboriginal Jewish beliefs regarding the afterlife arsenic good arsenic the value societal operation fixed to household beingness and death," says the release. 

The exhibit is connected show present until autumn 2025.

Ticket pricing starts astatine astir $29.95 for wide depository admission, which includes the exhibit.