Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica

Scrolls from the Wilderness of the Dead Sea. A Guide to the Exhibition “The Dead Sea Scrolls of Jordan”, Arranged by the Smithsonian Institute in Cooperation with the Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the Palestine Archaeological Museum
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Editor

Gus W. Van Beek.

Imprint

London, United Kingdom, 1964. Booklet, 36 pp., illustrations: 23 b&w, 22 × 21.5 cm. English.

Location

British Museum (16 December 1964–29 January 1965)

Description

A traveling exhibition from the Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., of scrolls and artifacts now owned by Jordan. Essay “Scrolls from the Wilderness of the Dead Sea” by Frank Moore Cross, Jr. 19 items.

Description

The catalog was produced for the exhibition’s showing in Great Britain, and contains a 4-page insert pertaining to items from the British Museum.

main keywords

DEAD SEA SCROLLS

minor keywords

Eretz Israel
Archaeological finds

Other venues

University of Manchester, John Rylands Library, United Kingdom (14 February–12 March 1965); Natural History Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., USA (27 February–21 March 1965); National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom (28 March–23 April 1965); University of Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia, USA (3–25 April, 1965); National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom (9 May–5 June 1965); Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada (26 October–15 November 1965)

Catalog from other venue

#320 (Toronto)

Cite this page
“Scrolls from the Wilderness of the Dead Sea. A Guide to the Exhibition “The Dead Sea Scrolls of Jordan”, Arranged by the Smithsonian Institute in Cooperation with the Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the Palestine Archaeological Museum”, in: Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica. Consulted online on 03 June 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004444522_COCO_CC0286>
First published online: 2019



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