Dead Sea Scrolls Exhibitions around the World: Reasons for Concern

Rabin, Ira; Hahn, Oliver

doi:10.1515/res-2012-0005

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“…Much current information about the scrolls is available at the scrolls digitization project of the Israel Antiquities Authority (19). One of the scientists who has published extensively on the analyses of these scrolls is Dr. Ira Rabin of the BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing in Berlin, and some of her recent publications are listed in the references (20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26).…”

Section: Dead Sea Scrolls -General Discussionmentioning

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Scientific Study Tour of Ancient Israel

Koren

2014

ACS Symposium Series

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Section: Dead Sea Scrolls -General Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Scientific Study Tour of Ancient Israel

Koren

2014

ACS Symposium Series

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“…Careless or erroneous treatments over the last 60 years have exacerbated the deterioration processes and oen changed the original material. [10][11][12] The effects of post-discovery handling should therefore be taken into account when interpreting experimental results.…”

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Characterization of the Dead Sea Scrolls by advanced analytical techniques

Rabin

Hahn

2013

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For many years after the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, text analysis and fragment attribution were the main concern of the scholars dealing with them. The uncertain archaeological provenance of a large part of the collection added difficulties to the already formidable task of sorting thousands of fragments. After 60 years of scholarly research the questions of origin, archaeological provenance and correct attribution of the fragments are still debated. To help address these questions we have developed a methodology suitable for the material studies of the scrolls using combinations of X-ray, FTIR and Raman techniques.On the one hand, an accurate characterization of the highly heterogeneous writing media of the Dead Sea Scrolls leads to a reliable reconstruction of their history and, thus, contributes significantly to the current debate. On the other hand, it provides new information on the production of ancient parchment towards the end of the Second Temple period, opening a new page in the historical study of technology.

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“…Therefore, an efficient and non-invasive technique for quantitative damage assessment has great potential for early warning and monitoring systems. 13 Recent attempts to describe the evolution of parchment deterioration use NIR, 14 and multispectral imaging techniques. 15,16 It seems, however, that low spatial resolution and sensitivity result in inaccuracy that outweighs the advantage of the ease of application.…”

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Quantifying degradation of collagen in ancient manuscripts: the case of the Dead Sea Temple Scroll

Schütz

Bertinetti

Rabin

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Since their discovery in the late 1940s, the Dead Sea Scrolls, some 900 ancient Jewish texts, have never stopped attracting the attention of scholars and the broad public alike, because they were created towards the end of the Second Temple period and the "time of Christ". Most of the work on them has been dedicated to the information contained in the scrolls' text, leaving physical aspects of the writing materials unexamined. They are, however, crucial for both historical insight and preservation of the scrolls. Although scientific analysis requires handling, it is essential to establish the state of degradation of these valued documents. Polarized Raman Spectroscopy (PRS) is a powerful tool for obtaining information on both the composition and the level of disorder of molecular units. In this study, we developed a non-invasive and non-destructive methodology that allows a quantification of the disorder (that can be related to the degradation) of protein molecular units in collagen fibers. Not restricted to collagen, this method can be applied also to other protein-based fibrous materials such as ancient silk, wool or hair. We used PRS to quantify the degradation of the collagen fibers in a number of fragments of the Temple Scroll (11Q19a). We found that collagen fibers degrade heterogeneously, with the ones on the surface more degraded than those in the core.

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Dead Sea Scrolls Exhibitions around the World: Reasons for Concern

Cited by 5 publications

References 7 publications

Scientific Study Tour of Ancient Israel

Scientific Study Tour of Ancient Israel

Characterization of the Dead Sea Scrolls by advanced analytical techniques

Quantifying degradation of collagen in ancient manuscripts: the case of the Dead Sea Temple Scroll

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