The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/shrine-of-the-book/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:14:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Shrine of the Book | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/shrine-of-the-book/ 32 32 Israel Museum celebrates 60 with towering art, color-drenched canvases and historical prints https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-museum-celebrates-60-with-towering-art-color-drenched-canvases-and-historical-prints/ Sat, 17 Jan 2026 07:42:16 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3727746 Country's most prominent cultural institution marks milestone with three new exhibits, including 'Ages of the World,' an Anselm Kiefer installation donated to the museum

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]]> Could Israel lose the Dead Sea Scrolls? https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/could-israel-lose-the-dead-sea-scrolls/ Tue, 03 Jan 2017 12:17:01 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1532810 UN Resolution 2334 hands Qumran to the Palestinians, raising the absurd specter of the PA appropriating Jewish history

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]]> Israel says Palestinians may try to claim Dead Sea Scrolls https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-worried-palestinians-will-try-to-claim-for-dead-sea-scrolls/ Sun, 06 Nov 2016 13:07:48 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1492970 In latest diplomatic tussle over archaeology, Palestinians reportedly raise demand at UNESCO panel; Israel slams fresh bid to deny Jewish ties to the land

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]]> Israel Museum shows world’s tiniest bible https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-museum-displays-worlds-tiniest-bible/ Tue, 28 Apr 2015 02:22:35 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1173891 Technion scientists etch entire Old Testament onto a gold-coated silicon chip the size of a grain of sugar

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]]> News of Dead Sea Scrolls for sale highlights complex legal status https://www.timesofisrael.com/report-of-dead-sea-scrolls-for-sale-highlights-complex-legal-status/ Tue, 28 May 2013 11:26:52 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=525812 Israel might want the treasured fragments, but there is no obvious legal barrier to selling them on the private antiquities market, officials say

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]]> Where Obama’s visiting in Israel, where he isn’t, and why https://www.timesofisrael.com/where-obamas-visiting-in-israel-where-he-isnt-and-why/ Mon, 18 Mar 2013 10:36:46 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=417862 Why is the president spending hours at the Israel Museum but not going near the Western Wall? What's he doing in Bethlehem? A primer on a tour through a diplomatic minefield

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]]> Qumran, the land of buried treasure https://www.timesofisrael.com/qumran-the-land-of-buried-treasure/ Sat, 29 Dec 2012 15:06:38 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=299588 The world of the Dead Sea Scrolls comes to life in the ancient Essene desert outpost

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]]> Four years on the trail of the codex https://www.timesofisrael.com/breaking-the-codex/ Thu, 10 May 2012 12:53:25 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=95702 Matti Friedman, author of 'The Aleppo Codex,' explains how he got drawn into a search for the truth about the most revered version of the Hebrew Bible

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