Museum of the Bible says Oxford professor sold fragments illicitly
RNS As many as 17 ancient Bible fragments that Hobby Lobby’s owner, billionaire Steve Green, bought for the Museum of the Bible were apparently stolen by a world-renowned Oxford University professor, the museum has acknowledged. The acknowledgment builds on a slow drip of revelations over the past two years regarding the problematic origins of many of […]
BIBLE HISTORY: US MUSEUM HIGHLIGHTS ‘SLAVE BIBLE’ THAT FOCUSES ON SERVITUDE, LEAVES OUT FREEDOM
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, reports from Washington, DC, on a special display at the Museum of the Bible which comes ahead of next year’s 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first African slaves to Jamestown, Virginia…
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…
Bible museum is first in US to show mile-long illustrated Bible
RNS Going through his late father’s attic painting studio in 2013, a German banker named Martin Wiedmann was surprised to find a Bible that his father, Willy, had spent years creating. The 3,333 illustrated pages were bound as a leporello, a book that is pleated like an accordion. Fully laid out, Willy Wiedmann’s Bible stretches […]
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 […]
BILLY GRAHAM: NEW EXHIBIT SHOWS HE DREW LESS FROM OLD TESTAMENT AS YEARS WENT BY
MENACHEM WECKER, of Religion News Service, reports on the findings from a new exhibition at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC…
Museum of the Bible returns medieval manuscript after discovering item’s theft
RNS One year after the Green family – owners of the craft store chain Hobby Lobby and principal sponsors of the Museum of the Bible – agreed to pay a $US3 million fine for illegally importing artifacts from Iraq, the museum is returning a medieval New Testament manuscript to the University of Athens after learning […]
Bidding starts at $US50,000 for Bible that went to moon
The microform copy of the Apollo 14 lunar-landed King James Bible and other related items available for auction. PICTURE: Courtesy Nate D Sanders Auctions RNS For the collector who has almost everything, there’s a chance this week to claim ownership of a Bible that literally was out of this world. A Los Angeles auction firm […]
Museum of the Bible visitors top half a million in first six months
RNS The Good Book is shaping up to be a good draw on the crowded landscape of museums in the nation’s capital. The Museum of the Bible, the newest tourist attraction near the National Mall, has drawn 565,000 visitors since it opened six months ago, according to museum figures released on Thursday. Museum of the Bible […]
Museum of the Bible releases 10 day Bible reading plan for Winter Olympics
The Washington DC-based Museum of the Bible has released a 10 day Bible reading plan to coincide with the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea. The Winter Olympics and the Bible, which is available on the YouVersion Bible App and at Bible.com, looks at how the Bible has impacted the games and the US and […]