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Article: Holy meets history: Touring exhibit in Columbus blends biblical stories with artifacts, technology.
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- Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, OH)
- Article date:
- November 11, 2006
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Byline: Colette M. Jenkins
Nov. 11--A touring exhibit that promises to transport people back to the Holy Land as it was thousands of years ago opens Monday in Columbus.
"From Abraham to Jesus" is a nearly 40,000-square-foot exhibit that blends biblical stories with historic artifacts and modern technology to take visitors on a walk through the birth of Judaism and Christianity.
It features some of the Dead Sea Scrolls; the ossuary, or bone box, that archaeologists believe held the remains of a son of Simon the Cyrene, who carried the cross for Jesus; a musical score produced by national recording artist Don Moen and a 5,000-square-foot ...