US judge orders forfeiture of ancient tablet from Museum of the Bible
RNS A US judge has ordered Hobby Lobby, the arts and crafts chain whose president is Museum of the Bible founder Steve Green, to forfeit an ancient tablet bearing a rare fragment of the Epic of Gilgamesh. The clay tablet, roughly the size of an iPhone, was originally brought to the United States by an […]
Museum of the Bible displays medieval Hebrew Pentateuch
RNS A rare medieval Pentateuch manuscript that had been in private collections for years will go on display Friday at the Museum of the Bible. The volume, which dates to around the year 1000, was acquired two years ago by the Green Collection, headed by billionaire Steve Green of the Hobby Lobby arts and crafts […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
ANTIQUITIES: US HOBBY LOBBY SCANDAL SHINES A LIGHT ON SALE OF ANCIENT ARTIFACTS IN ISRAEL
MICHELE CHABIN, of Religion News Service, reports from Jerusalem…