Dead Sea Scrolls

Last night Josh and I went on a date to see the Dead Sea Scrolls which are on display at the museum in the big city. Josh was able to get a free ticket for himself and a discounted ticket for me. We got a babysitter for the kids, and off we went!

How was it? Well, before seeing the scroll exhibit, we saw the "Secrets of the Dead Sea" movie on IMAX in the planetarium. The movie was NOT worth it and barely had anything to do with the scrolls. As Josh said, it was like someone said, "Hey, we have this awesome planetarium. Let's make a movie that maybe has a tiny bit to do with the Dead Sea Scrolls but gets people into the planetarium so they will bring their friends here."

There were maybe only about 10 exhibits with the actual scrolls, but there was a big replica of the Isaiah scroll which I think has all (or most) of the book of Isaiah intact. It was neat to see where certain familiar verses were on it like, "For to us a child is born ..." (Isaiah 9:6)

There were lots of lamps, pottery, glass jars, etc. from the time, too.

The 5-10 min (free) movie shown continuously in the actual exhibit was MUCH better and more informative than the IMAX one. It was basically what I thought the IMAX one would be.

And then there were copies of other Bibles there, too, like a Gutenberg Bible, one of Luther's German Bibles, KJV, and other translations. There were 6 pages of an RSV Bible which is being commissioned by some monks in MN and is being hand calligraphied and illustrated (complete with gilding) by some monks in Europe which was neat to see.

All in all, it was alright. It was a nice night out, but I wouldn't go see the exhibit again.

We did have a good time when we went out to eat afterward though!

When Josh and I were on our honeymoon, we went to a Cheesecake Factory in Victoria, BC. I'd never hear of the restaurant at the time. Since then I've learned they're a chain, but we didn't have any in WI til recently. It seemed like a good choice for our late dinner!

Josh had the charbroiled flat iron steak, and I had the garlic noodles with chicken. Both were absolutely delicious ... and calorie-free, of course! Ha! Ha!

Since it was 10:00 by the time we finished our meal and since we were both full, we opted not to get the cheesecake ... this time!

Even though the scroll part of our date was only so-so, we just had fun going out and being together.