Dead Sea Scrolls
Ezra 2
This is the list of Israelites who returned to Israel to help rebuilt the temple at Jerusalem and of what positions they filled up based on their lineage.

Watch a bit of OCAC pick-up hockey today before heading to the Museum of Civilization to look at the Dead Sea Scrolls with Chris. It was very interesting (from a secular point of view) although there were some mistakes in the timeline (ie. John the Baptist's preachings ended 3-5 years after the death of Christ???). There were 3 scrolls on display out of 960+ scrolls found. The smallest and most badly damaged were fragments of the Isaiah Scrolls which was on display for the first time. The other two pieces of scrolls were quite well preserved and the words were written in very straight lines (they sure had excellent penmanship back then. To preserve the scrolls, the casings were temperature and moisture controlled as well as light controlled. Only 40 seconds (40 lux) of light was allowed on the scrolls with 20 seconds without light. Aside from the scrolls, there were artifacts from archeological digs around Jerusalem and other middle east sites that contained proof that King David existed. There were lots of bowls on displayed as well, I guess those Hebrews really liked their bowls.

After that, it was dinner at The Mill with Chris, Ben and Danny. It was quite an enjoyable meal and a recommended restaurant for anyone visiting Ottawa *hint *hint :) Overall, the steaks were done as ordered. PT at Danny's after dinner and that's that for the day.

There's still snow on the ground and it's getting COLD!!! again. -29 tomorrow, arrghh!
Winterlude has started.