LDS site.
Is it legit, or is it LDS propaganda? ~ Mrs.Z
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Disagree totally.
If your kid attends a vacation Bible school of church X, you can be assured that church will promote the doctrines (propaganda) of church X.
You as a parent should be aware and beware.
My query was made to make sure that there was no hidden agenda, and that the work was scholarly and could be duplicated and/or verified.~ Mrs.Z
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Part IV: The Dead Sea Scrolls and Modern Technology
from The Dead Sea Scrolls: Questions and Responses for Latter-day Saints
by Donald W. Parry, Stephen D. Ricks
pp. 39–40
http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/bookschapter.php?bookid=&chapid=225
Overview of Recent Involvement
of Latter-day Saints
with Dead Sea Scrolls Scholarship
http://byubroadcasting.org/deadsea/book/introduction/overview.html
Putting the Pieces Together:
DNA and the Dead Sea Scrolls
Scott R. Woodward
Scott R. Woodward is associate professor of microbiology at Brigham Young University. This chapter is a revised version of “Analysis of Parchment Fragments from the Judean Desert Using DNA Techniques,” in Current Research and Technological Developments on the Dead Sea Scrolls, ed. Donald W. Parry and Stephen D. Ricks (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1996), 215–38.
http://byubroadcasting.org/deadsea/book/chapter7/intro.html
Decipherers of Dead Sea Scrolls Turn to DNA Analysis for Help
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=990CEFD91231F93BA15750C0A963958260&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
DR. SCOTT WOODWARD
Professor, Researcher
Scott R. Woodward is currently a Professor of Microbiology and faculty member of the Molecular Biology Program at Brigham Young University. He received his Ph.D. degree in genetics from Utah State University in 1984. He did postdoctoral work in molecular genetics at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at the University of Utah. At the University of Utah, he discovered a genetic marker used for the identification of carriers and the eventual discovery of the gene for cystic fibrosis. He was also involved with the identification of other gene markers for colon cancer and neurofibromatosis. He joined the faculty at BYU in 1989. While at BYU he has been involved with the Seila, Egypt excavation team, directing the genetic and molecular analysis of Egyptian mummies, both from a commoners’ cemetery and from the tombs of the Egyptian Royal mummies. His research interests include the reconstruction of ancient and modern genealogies using DNA techniques with samples from all over the world, the tracing of human population movements by following gene migrations (including both Old and New World populations) and the DNA analysis of ancient manuscripts including the Dead Sea Scrolls. He has been the Scholar in Residence at the BYU Center for Near Eastern Studies in Jerusalem and a visiting professor at Hebrew University. His work has been featured both nationally and internationally on numerous programs, including GOOD MORNING AMERICA, Discovery, and The Learning Channel.
http://www.thirteen.org/pressroom/release.php?get=154
Thank you “restornu”.
That was what I was looking for.