Did NPR ever report on this little fake item?
Posted on 10/23/2018 8:48:30 AM PDT by Blue House Sue
The Museum of the Bible said Monday that five of its 16 famous Dead Sea Scrolls fragments are fake.
A team of German experts analyzed the privately funded Washington, D.C., museum's fragments and found they had "characteristics inconsistent with ancient origin." The fragments will no longer be displayed at the museum.
"Though we had hoped the testing would render different results, this is an opportunity to educate the public on the importance of verifying the authenticity of rare biblical artifacts, the elaborate testing process undertaken and our commitment to transparency," said Jeffrey Kloha, chief curatorial officer for the museum, said in a news release.
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So Mr. X will take them home, wait a few years and sell them on the black market.
Some of those artifacts should still be displayed and properly labeled as copies. It’s still okay. This would help to educate a largely unchurched public. Just tell the truth, but also tell the story and what makes this story significant to Mankind.
Did NPR ever report on this little fake item?
“Some of those artifacts should still be displayed and properly labeled as copies. It’s still okay.”
Are they copies, or are they forgeries?
No, NPR just reported what the Museum Of The Bible has announced.
Or this.
I just don’t get the impression that NPR thinks the Word of God is true to start off with.
“I just don’t get the impression that NPR thinks the Word of God is true to start off with.”
Should NPR and other news organizations refuse to publish Museum Of The Bible’s announcements?
I seriously doubt I will trust another human that utters these words.
Not sure. They may have been sold as forgeries.
It’s a chance you take from any dealer of antiquities.
This often happens to other kinds of museums.
The Curator may not catch the latest techniques of fakery.
But now that it’s proven that they are not originals, use them anyway, just openly acknowledge these are copies or prototypes. No need to weed out and close down some of the more interesting themes of display. I would very much like to visit such a museum myself. The San Fran Bay Area is ‘not known’ to have many such places. They have the opposite types, though.
The headline explains why. Here is the headline from the Christian Post:
Bible Museum Says 5 of Its Dead Sea Scrolls Artifacts Are Fake After 3rd-Party Testing
What’s the marketing difference?
When it comes to Middle East history, fakes are common as lots of $$$ is on the table.
In reality, this is a shakedown of Hobby Lobby.
Just as long as they’re subtle, like Barack Hussein Obama’s real father (John 8:44).
Whenever there’s some dubious archeological “finding” that undermines claims about Jesus, the media always run with it uncritically. I remember the ossuary frenzy a few years ago.
“Whenever there’s some dubious archeological “finding” that undermines claims about Jesus, the media always run with it uncritically.”
This is not a case of the media hyping a story, the Museum Of The Bible released a statement, and it is the media’s job to publish that statement.
Not surprised.The Dead Sea Scrolls already have their own museum,in Israel.
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