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<v Speaker 1>Right now, let's say good morning to the head of

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<v Speaker 1>the Dead Sea Scrolls Unit at the Israel Antiquities Authority.

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<v Speaker 1>It's doctor Joel Uziel. Good morning, doctor.

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<v Speaker 2>Good morning, good morning.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you so much for calling us. We understand you're

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<v Speaker 1>calling us from Israel this morning.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that's right, it's not morning for me. It's late afternoon.

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<v Speaker 1>Perfect. Well, it sounds like you're right next door. So

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<v Speaker 1>the Dead Sea scroll Exhibit is happening now at the

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<v Speaker 1>Reagan Presidential Library. I got to go and check it out.

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<v Speaker 1>Was really interesting. So if you haven't been, now is

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<v Speaker 1>the time to go. If you've already been, you might

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<v Speaker 1>want to go again because the scrolls of the Ten

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<v Speaker 1>Commandments are now on display. Tell us about the Dead

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<v Speaker 1>Sea Scrolls, the Ten Commandments and why we get to

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<v Speaker 1>see them.

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<v Speaker 2>That's exactly right. Now is the time to go, even

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<v Speaker 2>if you've been there already, Because the Dead Sea Sculls

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<v Speaker 2>Exhibition is at the Reagan for nine months. Every three

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<v Speaker 2>months we switch out the scrolls with a new set

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<v Speaker 2>of scrolls that we bring over. Because the Dead Sea Scrolls,

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<v Speaker 2>which are a unique set of documents that date back

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<v Speaker 2>two thousand years to the period of Second Temple period,

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<v Speaker 2>Judaism and the period of the rise of early Christianity,

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<v Speaker 2>and they were preserved in the dry desert climate. But

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<v Speaker 2>in order to conserve them, we only display them for

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<v Speaker 2>three months and then they come back to Israel to

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<v Speaker 2>our storerooms and rest for five years. However, this week

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<v Speaker 2>we put a special scroll on display and it's only

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<v Speaker 2>going to be there for two weeks, and that's the

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<v Speaker 2>Ten Commandment scroll. Now, I'll just say the Dead Sea

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<v Speaker 2>scrolls on the whole include the earliest copies of the

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<v Speaker 2>Hebrew Bible, the Old Testament, that have been found to date,

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<v Speaker 2>and they date back some two thousand years. Commandments roll

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<v Speaker 2>is the earliest copy of the Ten Commandments that we have,

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<v Speaker 2>which includes all the commandments. And what's interesting is that

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<v Speaker 2>the Hebrew Bible actually presents the Ten Comandments twice, one

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<v Speaker 2>time in the book of that Exodus and one time

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<v Speaker 2>in the Bookcoon's Deuteronomy. And this version of the Ten

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<v Speaker 2>Comandments actually is a sort of combination of the two,

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<v Speaker 2>bringing some aspects from each because they're not exactly the same.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'll just give one example, for example, the commandment

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<v Speaker 2>to keep the Sabbath. Different reasons for keeping the Sabbath

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<v Speaker 2>are given into two different versions in Exodus and Deuteronomy. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>so one says that the reason for keeping the Sabbath

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<v Speaker 2>is because God created the world in six days and

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<v Speaker 2>on the seventh day he rested. And the other reason

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<v Speaker 2>is for the exodus for the Jews leaving Egypt after

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<v Speaker 2>their slavery there. And this version actually brings both reasons

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<v Speaker 2>for keeping the Sabbath, and so it's a very unique

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<v Speaker 2>document and scholars believe it was probably used to read

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<v Speaker 2>the tech tench Commandments in a public let's say, display

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<v Speaker 2>or reading in front of the community.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow, that I'd never heard that there was, that there

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<v Speaker 1>was two Like that? Tell us because you're speaking, you're

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<v Speaker 1>talking about a two thousand year old document. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>when we go to Washington, DC, you can see the

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<v Speaker 1>you can see the Constitution. It's only a couple hundred

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<v Speaker 1>years old, and it's very faded and very fragile. So

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, how are these even together?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, the amazing thing is that the very very dry

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<v Speaker 2>climate of the Judean desert actually helped preserve the documents

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<v Speaker 2>that are written on leather, and so they survived two

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<v Speaker 2>thousand years in the desert and in their initial discovery,

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<v Speaker 2>they actually weren't treated correctly because the knowledge for conservation

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't there, and so some damage was caused in the

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<v Speaker 2>early years of their discovery. But over the past thirty

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<v Speaker 2>five years, the Israel Antiquities Authority has been using the

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<v Speaker 2>strictest methods of conservation, which include keeping them at very

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<v Speaker 2>strict temperatures and humidity and also limiting their exposure to light.

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<v Speaker 2>And in this way they're actually quite visible, and so

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<v Speaker 2>you can actually see the actual document and if you

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<v Speaker 2>read Hebrew, you can actually read it, which is amazing

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<v Speaker 2>because it's the same script that is still being used

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<v Speaker 2>to this day in modern Israel. And if you have

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<v Speaker 2>some difficulty seeing it, we actually we actually have the

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<v Speaker 2>display next to the actual scroll has an infrared image

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<v Speaker 2>of it which uses infrared for photographics technology to make

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<v Speaker 2>the text much much clearer.

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<v Speaker 1>That is so cool. And I did go to the

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<v Speaker 1>Reagan Library and like I said, we talked about it

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<v Speaker 1>on our out and about segment, if you'll remember, and

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<v Speaker 1>it was interesting that everything is very very low light.

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<v Speaker 1>And I remember that from when we went to Washington,

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<v Speaker 1>d C. Too, Like they had the first American flag

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<v Speaker 1>and it's displayed in very low lights because the light

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<v Speaker 1>really denigrates the quality of the document.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, that's exactly it. In order to make sure we

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<v Speaker 2>don't let the documents fade. The lighting is very very low,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's still enough that everything is very clear and visible,

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<v Speaker 2>and so you can really see that everything firsthand. And again,

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<v Speaker 2>this is a unique opportunity because the school will be

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<v Speaker 2>there just for two weeks and then it's coming back

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<v Speaker 2>home and it won't be back in the US for

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<v Speaker 2>a very long time.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, Doctor Joe Uzield, head of the Dead Sea

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<v Speaker 1>Squirrels Unit at the Israel Antiquities Authority, thank you so

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<v Speaker 1>much for the information. This is just just fascinating. So

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<v Speaker 1>it's going to be the next two weeks and it's

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<v Speaker 1>at the Reagan Library and you can go to Reaganlibrary

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<v Speaker 1>dot com and get your tickets because I would imagine

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<v Speaker 1>it's going to be crowded. Thank you, doctor Joe.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you, thank you so much.

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<v Speaker 1>Take care. Oh that was a little familiar of me

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<v Speaker 1>to call him doctor Joe, and I think that's okay.

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<v Speaker 1>We got to know him amazing. Yeah, that is so cool.

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<v Speaker 1>If you haven't been seriously again, the next two weeks

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<v Speaker 1>and then the swirls are going to be there for

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<v Speaker 1>the next few months, so you have time. But for

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<v Speaker 1>the Ten Commandments, that's probably once in a lifetime