Essay: Cave of Horror – fresh fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls echo dramatic human stories
GARETH WEARNE, a lecturer in Biblical Studies at the Australian Catholic University, looks – in an article first published on The Conversation – at the recent discovery of ancient Scriptures in the so-called ‘Cave of Horror’ on the western shore of the Dead Sea…
DEAD SEA SCROLLS: SEARCH FOR UNDISCOVERED DOCUMENTS REVEALS DISPUTE OVER WEST BANK ARTIFACTS
MICHELE CHABIN, of Religion News Service, reports from Jerusalem on the vexed issue of who owns new archaeological finds…
ESSAY: THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS ARE A PRICELESS LINK TO THE BIBLE’S PAST
In an article first published on The Conversation, DANIEL FALK, of Pennsylvania State University, looks at the history of the Dead Sea Scrolls in response to recent news the US-based Museum of the Bible removed five scrolls after confirming they were forgeries…
Museum of the Bible pulls Dead Sea Scroll fragments found to be forged
RNS Since its grand opening nearly a year ago, the Museum of the Bible has exhibited five fragments from the storied Dead Sea Scrolls, the ancient parchment fragments discovered 70 years ago in a desert cave. On Monday, the museum acknowledged that the five fragments it had on display were forgeries. They were taken down […]