Original Dead Sea Scrolls Fragment
The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls is among the greatest archaeological finds of the modern era. The texts are of great historical, religious, and linguistic significance because they include the earliest known surviving manuscripts of works included in the Hebrew Bible canon.
This fragment contains some of the Hebrew words from Amos 7:17 – 8:1 and translates as follows, with the missing text included in brackets.
Line 1: Your wife [will become a prostitute] in the city, [and your sons and yo]ur [daughters] will fall by the swor[d], and [your] la[nd with a line]
Line 2: will be measured. You will d[i]e in an unclean land and Isra[el will certainly go into exile]
Line 3: [away from its land. Thus] Yhwh showed me: [a ba]sk[et of summer fruit. And he said]
Qumran Scrolls Jar
View our authentic Dead Sea Scrolls jar. It was produced between 50 BC and 50 AD and is one of only four such jars in private hands in the world. It was excavated and restored by Dr. Solomon H. Steckoll, a South African archaeologist, and came to us as part of the Dr. Robert Lindsey private collection.
Its provenance is substantiated quite well, according to Weston Fields, Executive Director of the Dead Sea Scrolls Foundation, perhaps even better than the other three scrolls jars in private hands.
CS Lewis Collection
Our C. S. Lewis collection includes are 60 first edition books. A highlight of the collection is a 9-page autograph manuscript of Lewis’s famous address in 1939 after the outbreak of World War II, now known as Learning in War-Time.
The collection also includes four original illustrations from Prince Caspian by Pauline Baynes, illustrator for The Chronicles of Narnia stories, as well as several original handwritten notes and letters from C. S. Lewis.
Artifacts in the Library
View our collection of ancient artifacts that range from Iron Age pottery to Roman currency. Scholars Tim Harrison and John Monson explain and provide context for some of our artifacts in the following videos.
