Dead Sea Scrolls

Last week, "Israeli archaeologists announced the discovery of dozens of Dead Sea Scroll fragments bearing biblical texts. The fragments of parchment include lines of Greek text from the books of Zechariah and Nahum. Based on the writing style, they have been dated to around the first century AD." - TGC

"The Israel Antiquities Authority announced Tuesday that a four-year archaeological project uncovered portions of the Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets, including the books of Zechariah and Nahum." - NBC

"Sixteen forgeries have been discovered so far in the collections of unsuspecting evangelicals. Experts have suspicions about many more." - CToday

"Pieces of papyrus sold as rare fragments of Dead Sea Scrolls to Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary a decade ago are 'likely fraudulent' and the seminary might seek financial restitution, the school announced in a statement Monday (April 6)." - BPNews

"A team of independent investigators has found that the 16 alleged Dead Sea Scroll fragments at the Museum of the Bible in Washington D.C. are forgeries. On March 13, Art Fraud Insights released a report over 200 pages long that it completed at the request of the Bible museum." - CLeaders

"The Museum of the Bible said Monday that five of its 16 famous Dead Sea Scrolls fragments are fake. ... The fragments will no longer be displayed at the museum." - NPR

"A message from one of the last two untranslated Dead Sea Scrolls may contain a clue to help Bible scholars reconstruct the chronology of Jesus' final week on earth." BPNews

"Professor Jonathan Ben-Dov and Dr. Eshbal Ratson of Haifa University pieced together disparate scroll sections over one year to decipher their composite meaning." WRN