Gold or lead books are heavy...must have taken a few people to tote those around, eh?
Their leaves - which are mostly about the size of a credit card - contain text in Ancient Hebrew, most of which is in code.
If the relics are of early Christian origin rather than Jewish, then they are of huge significance.
That's quite a big "If"!
Wouldn't Christian stuff be written in Greek or Aramaic?
And to run through the woods carry a big thing like that, while being chased, is a superhuman trick as well!