DEAD SEA SCROLLS COMING TO KANSAS CITY

Dead Sea Scrolls coming to US (YNet)
Kansas City, Mo. The Israel Antiquities Authority has agreed to allow Union Station to display parts of six of the Dead Sea scrolls, which resound with the words of the Old Testament books of Genesis, Exodus, Joshua, Job and Psalms.

Permission was granted after the Israeli government sent representatives to check out Union Station before agreeing to the exhibit. Some of the pieces of the scrolls have never been seen in the United States before.

“You can't put a price on these scrolls, that's how precious they are,” said retired Rabbi Morris Margolies of Congregation Beth Shalom. Margolies has a doctorate in Jewish history and is helping Union Station as scholar-curator for the exhibit, which runs from Feb. 8 to May 13.

In addition to pieces of six original scrolls, there will be replicas of four others, and more than 100 scroll-related artifacts such as pottery and coins.