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Professor lectures on Bead Sea Scrolls ■ The slide-illustrated presentation offered a brief history and interpretation of the ancient documents. By Karl Anderson Staff Reporter The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls is helping historians deci pher the pre-Christian religion and culture of ancient Hebrews, said a professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies during a presenta i tion last week. A full house crowded the Morrill Hall Auditorium Thursday to hear professor Lawrence H. Schiffman of New York University deliver a slide-illustrated lecture on the famous Dead Sea Scrolls. In addition to offering a some what condensed history of the Dead Sea Scrolls, Schiffman also talked about publication and inter pretation of the scrolls. According to Schiffman, the modern historv of the Dead Sea Scrolls began in 1947 on the shores of the Dead Sea near the town of Jericho in what today is Israel. A Bedoan shepherd, upon entering a mountain cave, discov ered seven scrolls housed within clay jars, Schiffman said. Many additional discoveries followed the finding of the origi nal seven scrolls in what has become known as cave number one. Approximately 20,000 scroll fragments were found in 11 differ ent caves. These fragments were pieced together to form about 800 manuscripts. By 1954, Hebrew University in Jerusalem had acquired the origi nal seven scrolls as part of its col lection, Schiffman said. At this time, a publications team was established to begin translating the scrolls. Soon, the story of the Dead Sea Scrolls began to emerge. Schiffman said the area where the scrolls were found was at one time part of a large communal establishment called Qumran, which was inhabited between 135 B.C. and 68 A.D. Qumran was built during the eighth century and served as a fortress to protect the area from invasions from across the Dead Sea. Qumran was a vast establish ment, Schiffman said. An aque duct was found that supplied water, and ritual baths were found, as was a scriptorium, a pantry and a large cemetery that contained mostly graves of women and chil dren. Eventually, the fortress became a communal order, with its residents probably living in caves or tents. It is with the Qumran Sect that Dead Sea Scrolls are identified. Scholars broke scrolls down into three different groups: Biblical texts, Jewish texts and texts written by the Qumran peo ple that embodied their own beliefs. Most of the scrolls were written in text similar to today’s Assyrian Hebrew text. Schiffman told audience mem bers that a few of the most impor tant texts deciphered by scholars -_1_I _ i.i_o_j. t_• n it mviuuw uit vjicai idaiaii ouun, which contains readings that help describe the Hebrew people; a group of scrolls containing beau tiful poems and verses, called the Thanksgiving Hymns; and the 4QMMT Scroll, which helped form the foundation of the Qumran Sect. Schiffman said it was impor tant to remember that the Dead Sea Scrolls are pre-Christian man uscripts and therefore do not men tion Jesus within their text. Although the scrolls allude to coming Christian1 ideas, Christians never borrowed from them directly, he said. Although a lot of work has been done translating the scrolls and trying to unravel their myster ies, Schiffman cautioned that much time and hard work still was needed. Norman Krivosha, who, along with his wife, Helene, has given his name to the lecture series, said he was extremely pleased with the program. “Dr. Schiffman is a distin guished scholar.” Man threatened in traffic Police cited a Lincoln man for T wielding a knife during an apparent case of “road rage” Monday. Two drivers, Eric Douglas and Eric Allen, both of Lincoln, were dri ving eastbound on Adams Street between 48**1 and 56^* streets when the incident happened, Lincoln Police Sgt. Ann Heermann said. When Douglas, 36, tried to merge into the left-hand lane at 49th Street where the right lane ends, Allen, 20, sped up. Douglas accelerated and cut in front of Allen. Both were stopped by the stop light at 56th Street, Allen in the left turn lane and Douglas in the through lane. Allen rolled down his window, pointed a knife and told Douglas “I’m going to slash you,” police said. Douglas followed Allen to his house in the 3300 block of North 57th Street and called police. Allen was cited for disturbing the peace and a butterfly knife was recov ered. [university Lutheran Chapel (LCMS) Maundy Thursday Passion Play .. April 0-at.s:dd;PM<| Good Friday Service April to at 8:00 p.m. Easter Services April 12 at 9:00;arid 1 1:00 A.M. 1510 Q Street :1f 477-3997 is ulc@uniinfo:unl.edu = , I Service helps to outfit clients By Kelli Lacey Staff Reporter It was a Tuesday morning, and UNL senior Carrie Vincent was running late. She went to her closet and sighed in disappointment - she couldn’t think of a thing to wear. Until The Closet Shop stepped in. Built on many people’s lack of wardrobe savvy, The Closet Shop and its owner, Stephanie Barth, make mountains out of clients’ wardrobe molehills. Barth, a fashion consultant, digs through clients’ closets, using their existing wardrobe to create 30 or more outfits. She then determines what additional items - usually no more than seven - should be bought to round out the wardrobe. The Closet Shop focuses on saving clients’ money while teach ing them how to dress with an updated look. The multitude of outfits created relies on interchangeable pieces and allows clients to create a dynamic personal style, Barth said. “I teach them how to dress according to who they are and so that they feel good,” Barth said. “Oftentimes, they find that right in their closet.” For clients, the first step to a wardrobe by The Closet Shop requires seeing a small demonstra tion Barth organizes. Clients then make appointments for Barth to come to their homes and rifle through their closets. She creates good and bad piles. Every piece of clothing will fit into one of these categories. Barth sug gests donating clothes in the bad pile to charity. When it’s determined what new items are needed, Barth heads to local clothing stores and puts clothes'on Hdld.' Customers" discusi beforehand how much money is available for new clothes. Finally, the customer meets Barth at stores to try on the items. The whole process takes about a week, and Barth charges $120. Barth said she wants to help people spend money on the right clothes, not clothes they won’t ever wear again. “So many women don’t know why they buy the things they do,” she said. With Vincent’s closet, Barth cre ated several different styles using the same clothes. Vincent had dif ferent clothing needs for all her activities: class, student teaching at elementary schools, interviews and going out on the weekends. Barth accommodated all activities. “She showed me how versatile the clothes could be,” Vincent said. While most of her customers are women, Barth has gone through a few men’s closets, too. She said she knew it might be hard to reach men. “Nevertheless, everybody wears clothes, and everybody wants to save money,” Barth said. The best part of the job, she said, is a customer’s realization of how many outfits were created. “It’s the feeling I get when I know that I have saved people money,” she said. “It’s like watch ing them unfold.” " - # A pretty gin is easy to meet on the street An intelligent gid might just sit beside you in the class. Where can we find the aid who has both beauty & wisdom. fu fa fan. The girt from <micWMi _ _ _3 Many pharmacy T* cards accepted/ Have your prescription filed here all summer even if you aren’t ^ ^ ''n tals^ classes! ,,.-0-^ _' ' ___2_ _ _ _____ _ _ v:.; ■ p * FUGITIVE POSES 6-9 APRIL 1998 Gerald Virenor is the most prolific Native American writer of the twentieth century. He is a professor of Native American literature at the University of C alifornia, Berkeley, and the author of more than twenty hooks on Native histories, literature, and critical studies, including Fugitive Poses: Native American Indian Scenes of Absence and Presence, published by the University of Nebraska Press. Monday. April A NATIVE AMERICAN SOVEREIGNTY: VISIONARY TRANSMOTTON AND SIIRVIVANCE Vi7rnor offers a pmvoranvr perspective on current pnliriral and mlniral debates ahoiir Narivr sfiwreignry Tuesday, April 7 FUGITIVE. POSES: INTERIM AGE SIMULATIONS OF NATIVE AMERICANS Native Americans have been captured countless times in photographs and paintings, as well as other media. What is the effect of such images on our conceptions of Native peoples and Native Americans' views of themselves? Wednesday, April 8 LITERARY ANIMALS.: FIGURATIVE CREATURES IN NATIVE AMERICAN FICTION Misunderstandings of Native conceptions of natures dynamic relationships have contributed to a nostalgic and romanticized view of Native Americans. Vizenor shatters this illusion by shedding light on the range of significance of animals and nature in Native literature and culture. Thursday. April 9 WISTFIII FWTF.S: NA R R ATI VFS OF ARSFNCF AND PRFSFNCF i(' How ipiirh do traditional and modern narratives about and hy Nattvr Americans express the presence and distinctiveness of Native identities? A rerrptwn in. the (brat Plains Art Collection will fallow the last lecture. A selection of works hy (braid Vizenor, including Fugitive Poses: Native American Indian Scenes of Absence and Presence, will he available for purchase. All lectures are free and open to the public, and held at 7:30 pm in the Great Plains Art Collection, 215 Love library on the City Campus of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Sponsored by the University of Nebraska Press, the Departments of Anthropology and Athletics, the Center for Great Plains Studies, the College of Arts and Sciences, and the Native American Studies Program.
