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Cattledog

(6,341 posts)
Tue Oct 23, 2018, 10:45 AM Oct 2018

Museum Of The Bible Says 5 Of Its Most Famed Artifacts Are Fake.

The Museum of the Bible said Monday that five of its 16 famous Dead Sea Scrolls fragments are fake.

A team of German experts analyzed the privately funded Washington, D.C., museum's fragments and found they had "characteristics inconsistent with ancient origin." The fragments will no longer be displayed at the museum.

"Though we had hoped the testing would render different results, this is an opportunity to educate the public on the importance of verifying the authenticity of rare biblical artifacts, the elaborate testing process undertaken and our commitment to transparency," said Jeffrey Kloha, chief curatorial officer for the museum, said in a news release.

The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered from the late 1940s to 1956. The ancient Hebrew manuscripts have been a source of fascination and debate ever since.

https://www.npr.org/2018/10/23/659741484/museum-of-the-bible-says-5-of-its-most-famed-artifacts-are-fake?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2051&fbclid=IwAR28rOx3hixRoQMmyb7o2Qb9HwVD4M2pHlksQS_qqGcxHtgndVDhQFq5740

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Museum Of The Bible Says 5 Of Its Most Famed Artifacts Are Fake. (Original Post) Cattledog Oct 2018 OP
I think one of the fake ones.. Permanut Oct 2018 #1
A fool and his money are soon parted, just like the Red Sea. If David Green has ... marble falls Oct 2018 #2

Permanut

(6,682 posts)
1. I think one of the fake ones..
Tue Oct 23, 2018, 10:51 AM
Oct 2018

might be the one that says, "two thousand years from now your descendants will defend the faith by donating millions to prophets named Hagee, Graham, Osteen, Hinn, Dollar, Duplantis and Copeland. Verily, they will use these millions to fly through the air in their magical flying machines."

I think that's one of them.

marble falls

(62,249 posts)
2. A fool and his money are soon parted, just like the Red Sea. If David Green has ...
Tue Oct 23, 2018, 12:14 PM
Oct 2018

more money to burn, i have some more fragments for him. Half price.

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