The Digital Dead Sea Scrolls - working on a Google cloud

shazan — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 13:04:43 +0000

MW2012

Published Paper:

The Digital Dead Sea Scrolls - Working on a Google Cloud

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Dead Sea Scrolls

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Google

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Public Accessibility

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The Israel Museum

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ancient manuscripts

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Bible

Abstract:

The Israel Museum has recently launched the Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Project, allowing users to examine and explore these most ancient manuscripts from Second Temple times at a level of detail never before possible. Developed in partnership with Google, the new website gives users access to searchable, fast-loading, high-resolution images of the scrolls, as well as short explanatory videos and background information on the texts and their history. The Dead Sea Scrolls, which include the oldest known biblical manuscripts in existence, offer critical insight into Jewish society in the Land of Israel during the Second Temple Period, the time of the birth of Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism. Five complete scrolls from the Israel Museum have been digitized for the project at this stage and are now accessible online.

This presentation will go behind the scenes to describe the Google and Museum partnership, and the the international resonance of the project that followed.

Type:

Demonstration - show your project

MW2012 Demonstrations III

Site:

http://dss.collections.imj.org.il

Authors:

Susan Hazan

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The Digital Dead Sea Scrolls - working on a Google cloud

Of Ansel and Atomz: Surfacing Deep Content On-line and On-Site at SFMOMA