Dead Sea Scrolls Exhibit
　　
　　Scrolls from the Dead Sea Exhibition
　　
　　From the discovery of the earliest known recorded biblical scrolls and related artifacts in the caves above the Dead Sea, the Dead Sea Scrolls have held an aura of mystery and swirled with controversies. Project Judaica Foundation, in partnership with the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), the Israel government agency in charge of all the archeological digs and artifacts throughout Israel, brought the Dead Sea Scrolls to the public’s view with five world-class exhibitions held around the globe including the Vatican.
　　
　　The Director of the IAA, the indefatigable General Amir Drori (Ret.) and the Assistant Director, Jacob Fisch, approached this Foundation to determine whether it would be possible to create and display an exhibition of selected fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Having just completed another amazing exhibition at the Library, "From the Ends of the Earth," the stage was set for this astounding show.
　　
　　The Librarian of Congress, Dr. James Billington, was immediately interested in the exhibition of this scope and agreed to exhibit the Dead Sea Scroll fragments. Twelve of the most interesting scroll fragments became the core of the exhibition and were surrounded with related artifacts including jars in which the scrolls were found after being preserved by the low humidity of the region. Tefillim boxes and straps, sandals believed to belong to the scribes, coins from the period, various pottery of the period from the area Written on leather over 2,000 years ago in Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic, these scrolls are the earliest known biblical manuscripts. They include portions of all of the five Books of Moses as well as the writings by the Essenes sect.
　　
　　The IAA’s rich materials were complimented by special pieces from the Library of Congress’ vast holding from the Hebraic, Map, and other collections. The Library’s world-class in-house staff of conservators, curators and scholars became deeply engaged in applying their skills to choose the items from their divisions. The Library’s additions included one of the few extant Gutenberg bibles and some of the earliest known maps which oriented the public to the sites and the region. The maps also gave insight into the views of the early pioneering cartographers of the Fifteenth Century and how they perceived the lands and events of the Biblical era.
　　
　　Early incunabula (the earliest known printed books) and their later mechanically printed books along with the various commentaries through the centuries all keyed to the passages from the scroll fragments on display. These included early writings of Pliny, Philo and Josephus among others allowing comparisons of texts as well as historical contexts.
　　
2005年07月22日06:07 翻译 [补记]
    死海卷轴展示
　　
　　死海展览卷轴
　　
　　从最早被知道并记录的圣经卷轴跟一些在山洞中有关死海古文物的发现，死海卷轴握住了一个神秘的漩涡的预言争论。
　　犹太文物基金会计划组织,他的伙伴以色列古物权威IAA，以色列政府机构负责所有的考古出土文物和以色列境内古文物,带来了死海卷轴5种世界级环球展览包括梵蒂冈的公众看法。
　　
　　IAA的负责人，这个不疲倦的回教国家后裔将军Drori（此句纯属胡翻。。ret不晓得是什么的缩写，）与助手负责人，Jacob Fisch(摘考伯 非使）接近这个基金会为了决定是不是可能建立与展示一个关于死海卷轴的碎片选展览在华盛顿DC的国会图书馆。在那里刚刚结束另一个让人惊奇的展览：地球的末日。
　　
　　美国国会的图书馆馆长James Billington(詹姆士 毕令藤）博士立刻对这个展览的范围感兴趣。同意展出死海卷轴碎片。最让人感兴趣的12个卷轴碎片成为展览的中心也跟一些古文物联系起来。包括在卷轴被发现后维持在地区低湿度的刺耳声。Tefillim(字典没有这个到这个词的存在）的盒子、皮带、拖鞋相信是属于犹太法学师，而画在毛皮上的那个时代的钱币，各式各样的陶器是来自从2000年以前的希伯来人，希腊人以及阿拉姆地区。这些卷轴是最早被知道的圣经原稿。这里面包括一部分摩西（宗教）的五本书内容以及埃塞米派信徒的教派。
　　
　　IAA被美国国会图书馆称赞拥有富饶的原料。从希伯人文化，地图到其他的一些收藏。这个世界级的图书馆的所有管理人员、馆长以及学者开始深入的从事……………………没有耐性了。翻译到这里。
2005年07月22日06:07 [补记]
     没有都贴出来，也没有都翻译完。实在是没有耐性了。其实整个内容只不过是一个关于死海卷轴的出现、轰动与展示。跟原文内容完全无关。
　　
　　再下面我大致看了一下，大概就是说美国国会图书馆如何策划管理这场展示。叭啦叭啦叭啦~卟啦卟啦卟啦~的一些冬冬。
　　
　　翻译滴语句不是太流畅。。莫有办法。8是专业。将就看吧。大概意思明白我就算成功。。嘿嘿。