Dead Sea Scrolls Event

Dead Sea Scrolls Event at Beargrass Christian Church

The Significance of the Dead Sea Scrolls

Speaker: Professor Richard Weis

February 16, 9:30 am to 12 pm

Dr. Richard Weis, Academic Vice President and Professor of Hebrew Bible at Lexington Theological Seminary, will present an informative seminar on the Scrolls. Professor Weis’s presentation will include photos of the scrolls which were discovered in caves near the Dead Sea starting in 1947. The collection consists of more than 800 scrolls including biblical manuscripts from before the time of Jesus. Professor Weis is one of the editors of Biblia Hebraica Quinta, the most recent scholarly edition of the Hebrew Bible.

The event is free and open to the public. For information and reservations contact Dr. John Hull (502-896-1161), Minister of Faith Development at Beargrass.