• The Shrine of the Book (Hebrew: היכל הספר, Heikhal HaSefer) is a wing of the Israel Museum in the Givat Ram neighborhood of Jerusalem that houses the Dead Sea Scrolls...
  • The Shrine of the Book also displays the Aleppo Codex, the earliest known Hebrew manuscript comprising the text of the Jewish Old Testament.
  • The Shrine of the Book was built in 1965 to the designs of American architects Frederick Kiesler and Armand Phillip Bartos.
  • The Shrine of the Book houses the Dead Sea Scrolls and other ancient texts. The Shrine of the Book, adjoining the Israel Museum, is constantly dowsed with water.
  • The Shrine of the Book is a part of the Israel Museum but it stands alone as both a unique architectural experience and a one of a kind religious pilgrimage.
  • At The Shrine of the Book, visitors can explore the Rotunda where the Dead Sea Scrolls are housed on display under climate-controlled conditions.
  • Wheelchair-accessible places include the entrance pavilion, the Shrine of the Book, and the Model of Jerusalem in the Second Temple Period.
  • The Dead Sea Scrolls, about 1000 years older than the Aleppo Codex, are at the main exhibit at the Shrine of the Book Museum.
  • The Shrine of the Book is a wing of the Israel Museum that houses one of the most important archaeological finds ever found in Israel!
  • The exhibition at the Shrine of the Book Complex in the Israel Museum, Jerusalem represents a journey through time, which, adopting a...
  • The Shrine of the Book (Hebrew: היכל הספר‎ Heikhal HaSefer) is a wing of the Israel Musem near Givat Ram in Jerusalem, constructed in 1965.
  • The Shrine of the Book is the home of several exceptional archaeological finds: the Dead Sea Scrolls and other rare ancient manuscripts.
  • The photograph above is of the central showcase inside the Shrine of the Book at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.