This is the Israel Museum's own institutional account of its founding, governance and its Shrine of the Book building, the structure purpose-built to display the Dead Sea Scrolls. As a standing custodial record from the holding institution itself, it is a reliable source for provenance and institutional facts, when the museum was founded, how it is governed and how it presents its own building and collection. Its limit is that it is the institution's own account of itself rather than an independent scholarly publication, so a claim about the Scrolls' own history, dating or content is better supported by the specialist Dead Sea Scrolls scholarship this atlas draws on separately.
Facts
Assessment
Reliability Tier2
Custodial/institutional self-account (a museum's own record of its holdings). Museums and other institutional self-accounts sit at tier 2, not tier 1 or tier 3; tier 3 is reserved for a tradition's own account of its own teachings and practice. NotesThe Israel Museum's own custodial record for the object it holds. A standing institutional or private-holder record, not a scholarly publication; use for provenance and holding-institution facts, not for the object's own history or meaning.
Custodian
Custodian SourceYes
Custodian BodyThe Israel Museum
Custodian BasisThe museum's own account of its founding, governance and the Shrine of the Book building that displays the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Citation
PublisherThe Israel Museum, Jerusalem
URLhttps://www.imj.org.il/en/wings/shrine-book
Source TypeMuseum
Cross-Tradition Connections
Associated With
This source names Israel directly: "This is the Israel Museum's own institutional account of its founding, governance and its Shrine of the Book building, the structure purpose-built to display the Dead Sea Scrolls."
Claims Backed By This Source (17 claims)
This source backs 17 claims across the atlas. As facts: 13 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 10 claims: 9 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Custodians & Museums, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Artifacts & Relics, 3 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
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