Presbyterians who are heading to Minnesota for the 219th General Assembly (July 3-10) can also use the trip to take advantage of local attractions.
The Committee on Local Arrangements has identified an exhibit that might be of interest to visiting Presbyterians — the Dead Sea Scrolls.
The Dead Sea Scrolls are on exhibit at the Science Museum of Minnesota in St. Paul. As the oldest hand-scribed Bible, the 2,000-year-old Dead Sea Scrolls represent a story with deep religious, historic and cultural significance.
The scrolls were discovered in 1947 in caves along the shores of Israel’s Dead Sea, near the ancient …