Shrine of the Book

The Shrine of the Book is a wing of the in the neighborhood of that houses the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Aleppo Codex, among others.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: building in the Israel Museum in Jerusalem
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Israel Museum and Bible Lands Museum.

Museum
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The is an art and archaeology museum in . It was established in 1965 as 's largest and foremost cultural institution, and an encyclopedic museum. is situated 130 metres south of Shrine of the Book.

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The is an archaeological museum in , that explores the culture of the peoples mentioned in the Bible including ancient Egyptians, Canaanites, Philistines, Arameans, Hittites, Elamites, Phoenicians, Persians and Jews. is situated 170 metres north of Shrine of the Book.

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The , also known as Model of Jerusalem at the end of the Second Temple period is a 1:50 scale model of the city of in the late Second Temple period.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nayot and Kiryat HaMemshalah.

Suburb
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is a neighborhood in south-central established in 1960 by a group of English-speaking immigrants. The neighborhood's population of 2,223 includes a mix of families, young children, and older adults.

Suburb
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Kiryat HaMemshala, also known as Kiryat Ben-Gurion, is the government precinct of the State of Israel. It is located in the neighborhood of .

Suburb
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is a neighborhood in central . It is the site of , which includes many of Israel's most important national institutions, among them the Knesset, the , the Supreme Court, Bank of Israel, , National Library, one of the campuses of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and many government ministries' offices.

Shrine of the Book

Latitude
31.77345° or 31° 46′ 24″ north
Longitude
35.20297° or 35° 12′ 11″ east
Open location code
8G3QQ6F3+95
Open­Street­Map ID
way 136009915
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q174527
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“Shrine of the Book” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مزار الكتاب”
  • Armenian: “Գրքի տաճար”
  • Asturian: “Santuariu del Llibru”
  • Bengali: “কিতাবের মাজার”
  • Catalan: “Santuari del Llibre”
  • Chinese: “聖經之龕”
  • Czech: “Svatyně knihy”
  • Dutch: “Schrijn van het Boek”
  • Esperanto: “Sanktejo de la Libro”
  • French: “sanctuaire du Livre”
  • French: “Sanctuaire du Livre”
  • German: “Schrein des Buches”
  • Gujarati: “ઇઝરાયેલ મ્યુઝિયમ”
  • Hebrew: “היכל הספר”
  • Indonesian: “Kuil Kitab”
  • Indonesian: “Shrine of the Book”
  • Japanese: “聖書の社”
  • Japanese: “聖書館”
  • Korean: “책의 전당”
  • Ladino: “Eihal Asefer”
  • Lao: “ພິພິທະພັນອິດສະຣາເອນ”
  • Macedonian: “Светилиште на Книгата”
  • Malayalam: “ഇസ്രായേൽ മ്യൂസിയം”
  • Persian: “معبد کتاب در اورشلیم”
  • Portuguese: “Santuário do Livro”
  • Romanian: “Sanctuarul Cărții”
  • Russian: “Храм книги”
  • Russian: “Храм Книги”
  • Sinhala: “ඊශ්රායෙල් කෞතුකාගාරය”
  • Spanish: “Santuario del Libro”
  • Thai: “หอพระคัมภีร์”
  • Thai: “อาคารแห่งหนังสือ”
  • Ukrainian: “Храм Книги”
  • Urdu: “مزار الکتاب”
  • Yiddish: “היכל הספר”

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Highlights include National Campus for the Archaeology of Israel and Moshe Salz garden.

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