In 1947, a significant discovery of ancient Jewish texts was made in a cave near the Dead Sea. These and other Dead Sea Scrolls found later have shed light on the major transformations and debates that occurred in ancient worship during the first centuries BCE and CE, that contributed to the development of early Judaism and Christianity. This exhibition will present six Dead Sea Scrolls complemented by objects excavated from the site near where they were found. Three of the scrolls have never been exhibited.

September 21, 2008 - January 4, 2009 | More about the exhibition
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War Rule
Qumran Cave 4, second half 1st century BCE
Ink on parchment
8 1/4 x 6 1/8 in. (21 x 15.5 cm)
4Q493-344
Israel Antiquities Authority

 




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December 07, 2006  6:30 pm

COMIC CONVERSATIONS
CHRIS WARE and TIMOTHY SAMUELSON

Although the history of American newspaper comics generally focuses on the development of comics in New York and the West Coast, this conversation with Chicago natives Chris Ware and Timothy Samuelson will examine how Chicago contributed to, and essentially codified, what is thought of as the modern comic strip.

Chris Ware is the award-winning artist and author of Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth. He is also the author of The Acme Novelty Datebook, Quimby the Mouse, and editor of the 13th issue of McSweeney’s. His work is in Masters of American Comics.

Timothy Samuelson, former curator of architecture and design at the Chicago Historical Society, and now the Cultural Historian of the City of Chicago, is an architectural historian.




$15 general public; $12 students/over 65; $10 members




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