Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Dead Sea Scoll Exhibition



Went for this exhibition recently.. It was about the forming of bibles and the little fragments of bible evidence that got preserved since then, about 5000 yrs ago..


Cuneiform writing.. Earliest form of writing by people Mesopotamia (Iraq). They were mainly pictographs.. The picture b4 this states it all.. Am writing in case the wordings are too small..

The discovery of the dead sea scrolls.. They were found written on animal skin, stored in Jars of Clay in caves and got degraded over time and now left with fragments.. Pardon the photos.. Was very stressed there.. Too crowded, so just snap and move on..


Hebrew Torah Scrolls, preserved for about 250yrs. It consist of first 5 books (The Law) of the bible.. Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers & Deutoronomy.

Scroll fragments on darkened animal skin, which can only be viewd with infra-red lightings. The bible verse in from Psalms


Gutengurg Bible (42-line bible)- First printed bible in Europe by Johannes Gutenberg


Losing bible popularity contest - In England under Mary's reign, they persecuted protestants. Until Queen Elizabeth's reign, she reluctantly allowed printing and distribution of Geneva Bible. Geneva bible is like a study bible, with side notes & commentaries of strong calvinist tones, and also with bible verses for reference. So a decree came and a new version was required. The current versions we have now.

First completed Bible and bestseller..


Dr Casiodoro de Reina - A catholic monk who became a reformer and translated the bible to Spanish with a few others.

A '50kg' bible that was chained to Pulpit in England.. Last but not least.. something of relevance to the dead sea..

Dead Sea Mineral Body Scrub.. :)

Also.. also.. met up with this girl la.. So busy.. only have 2-3weeks free time now.. anyway.. we had fun.. Shopping for Jap products at supermarket and having milk tea & Strawberry yoghurt ice cream.. And it's amazing these 2 flavours did not clash at all.. Yummy..






And I finally tasted the cream puff from Tampopo Deli.. Delicious.. The cream and puff is just nice together. Not 'gelat?' and I did not have to queue at all.. Yeah!


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