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Date:
Contact: |
February 11,
2004
Mark Williamson (willima@ci.akron.oh.us) |
Phone: 330-375-2538
Fax: 330-375-2335 |
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Evelyn DiBello evelyn@thescrolls.com |
(330) 665-2272 |
| From The Dead Sea Scrolls to the Forbidden
Book |
See the Video of the
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| WHAT: |
- From The Dead Sea Scrolls to the Forbidden Book Exhibit
One of the finest collections ever assembled of ancient Biblical Manuscripts and early
Bibles—bringing 5,000 years of History to life—will be displayed at the John S.
Knight Center in Akron. Dozens of fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls and other religious
treasures ranging from 5,000 year old pictographic clay tablets from the time of Noah
(3000 B.C.), early Biblical manuscripts in Greek and Latin, a 1455 A.D. Gutenberg Bible
page, a 1536 Martin Luther German Bible, as well as every major Bible printed in English
from a 1537 "Matthew’s" Bible to the 1611 First Edition first issue of The
King James Bible. This amazing collection of artifacts, manuscripts, and books from around
the world comes together for a first-time exhibit to tell a unique story seldom
told—the complete history of the Bible, especially the Bible in English.
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| WHEN: |
- March 16 – April 18, 2004 Mon-Sat: 9am-9pm Sundays:
noon-9pm
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| WHERE: |
- John S. Knight Center, 77 East Mill St., Akron, OH 44308
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| FEATURES: |
- Biblical Dead Sea Scroll fragments, including excerpts from Genesis
and Isaiah, the very earliest Biblical fragments in existence
- Exodus fragments in Greek from the 4th
Century, from the Bible translation called "The Septuagint." The oldest
fragments of the Book of Exodus in Greek outside the British Museum and the Vatican
Library.
- An excerpt from Paul’s Letter to the Colossians, written
in Coptic, from the 3rd Century, one of the earliest witnesses in existence to
any portion of the New Testament.
- Complete Bibles and beautiful hand-illuminated pages from
early manuscript Bibles in Latin from the 13th to 15th
Centuries—the period during which the Bible is in standardized chapters for the first
time.
- Many important 16th Century Bibles in English.
- A First Edition of the King James Bible from 1611.
- The first Bible in English ever printed in America: The
"Aitken" Bible of 1782, also called "The Bible of the
Revolution"—supported and endorsed by the United States Congress.
- The First Bible printed in Spanish.
- The first printing of The Bill of Rights
- And much, much more.
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| COST: |
- Adult tickets - $15.00 each
- Senior citizens - $12.00 each
- Matinee prices 9am – 4pm weekdays - $12.00
- Students - $8.00 each, Children 7 & younger FREE
- Group rates available
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| BENEFITS: |
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| INFO: |
- Tickets can be purchased at any FirstMerit branch office, by
phone at 1-888-362-4253 or by visiting the web site at www.TheScrolls.com.
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