"I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes": Prayer in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, is the new exhibit on display at the Israel Museum.
Description:
Human beings have always felt the need to turn to some higher power or supernatural force for intervention in their lives. Underlying the liturgy of the three monotheistic faiths is the scriptural tradition in which prayer is addressed to a single all-powerful God, who dwells in the heavens but is attentive to human needs. "I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes" is a display of artifacts relating to theme of prayer, including two silver plaques containing the Priestly Benediction from the late 7th – early 6th century BCE, the earliest known fragments of biblical text; a 15th century prayer book in the Rothschild Miscellany, one of the most magnificent Hebrew illuminated manuscripts; an exquisite 16th century French Book of Hours; and a 15th–16th century Iranian Quran decorated with elaborately illuminated geometric and floral patterns. The exhibit is curated by Adolfo Roitman, Head of the Shrine of the Book and Curator of the Dead Sea Scrolls; Michal Dayagi, Teddy and Tamar Kollek Chief Curator of Archaeology; and Galit Bennet Dahan, Associate Curator of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
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