Bard College Visual Resources Center

The Israel Museum in Jerusalem has partnered with Google to digitize the Dead Sea Scrolls. High-resolution images of the scrolls are now available through the Israel Museum website, where browsers can “unroll” the scrolls with a slider and zoom in so closely that every fragile crease is clearly visible.   In the case of the Great Isaiah Scroll, the largest and best preserved of all the biblical scrolls, users can click on individual verses and read its translation in English.