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🇬🇧The Bible Forgers: How Religion, Money, and Power Collide in the Museum of the Bible Scandal

When Faith Meets Forgery: The Shocking Story Behind the Museum of the Bible

What happens when one of the most sacred texts in history becomes a tool for manipulation, profit, and power? The ARTE documentary “The Bible Forgers” pulls back the curtain on a scandal that shakes the foundations of trust in religious artifacts—and reveals how easily belief can be weaponized.

• For me, this story hit close to home. As a teenager, I asked my religion teacher why God is depicted as a wise old white man with a white beard, while the devil is black or red. His answer? “Because that’s just how it is.” When I pointed out that this was racist, he threw me out of class. That moment taught me a harsh lesson: Questioning dogma is often met with punishment, not answers.

The Museum of the Bible scandal is just a modern, high-stakes version of the same dynamic. Let’s dive into how the Green family, Hobby Lobby, and a web of forgeries exposed the dark side of religious narrative control.

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The Museum of the Bible: A Monument Built on Lies

Who Are the Greens?

The Green family, owners of the Hobby Lobby craft store empire, are devout conservative Christians with deep pockets and a mission: to promote their interpretation of the Bible as historically infallible. In 2017, they opened the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., a $500 million project designed to showcase the Bible’s historical accuracy and cultural impact.

To fill the museum with “authentic” artifacts, the Greens spent millions acquiring ancient biblical texts, including fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls. There was just one problem: Many of them were forgeries.

The Forgeries: A Multi-Million-Dollar Deception

Independent experts, including scholars from the French School of Biblical Research and Archaeology in Jerusalem, discovered that thousands of the museum’s artifacts were fake. Here’s how it happened:

• Fake Dead Sea Scrolls: Forgers created “ancient” fragments using old leather or papyrus, mimicking the script and aging the materials chemically to deceive buyers. Some were sold for up to $10 million [source].
• Illegal Acquisitions: Many genuine artifacts were smuggled out of Israel with fake export permits, violating international law. The Greens later faced legal consequences, including fines and the forced return of looted items.
• Motives: While the Greens claimed their goal was to “share the Bible’s story”, critics argue they used the museum to push a conservative Christian agenda—one that aligns with their political and social values.

Jean-Michel de Tarragon, an expert in biblical archaeology, noted that while the real Dead Sea Scrolls are invaluable for understanding the Bible in Jesus’ time, the forgeries undermine trust in biblical scholarship and harm the field of archaeology [source].

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Why This Matters: Religion as a Tool of Control

Historical Precedents

The Museum of the Bible scandal isn’t an isolated incident. Throughout history, religious texts have been altered, censored, or fabricated to serve power structures:

• Canonization and Editing: The Bible as we know it was compiled over centuries, with texts like the Vulgate (Jerome’s 4th-century Latin translation) omitting or changing “inconvenient” truths. As one scholar puts it, “Many truths from early Christianity or divine prophets were not included or were falsified” [source].
• Pseudepigraphy: Letters in the New Testament attributed to apostles like Paul were often written by unknown authors to lend them authority. The Pericope Adulterae (the story of the adulteress in John 8) is a well-known later addition not found in the earliest manuscripts [source].

The Psychology of Control

Religions—and other dogmatic systems—often rely on three key tools to maintain control:

1. Fear: The threat of divine punishment (hell, damnation) keeps followers in line. As I learned in my religion class, questioning these narratives is often met with hostility.
2. Symbolism: Depicting God as a white man and the devil as dark or red isn’t just artistic license—it’s a reflection of cultural hierarchies that have justified racism, colonialism, and oppression for centuries.
3. Authority: By presenting their interpretation as “the only truth,” religious leaders (or political figures) suppress dissent. The Greens’ museum is a prime example: They used forgeries to “prove” their version of history.

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Personal Reflection: From the Classroom to the Museum

My experience with the religion teacher wasn’t just about a racist depiction of God—it was about the refusal to engage with critical questions. That dynamic is the same one at play in the Museum of the Bible scandal. Whether it’s a 14-year-old student or a multi-million-dollar museum, the response to inconvenient truths is often the same: Silence, expulsion, or deception.

This isn’t just about religion. It’s about how power operates—whether in classrooms, museums, or governments. The lesson? Always question the narrative. Because when you stop asking questions, you become part of the system you’re trying to understand.

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Conclusion: What the Bible Forgers Teach Us

The Museum of the Bible scandal is more than just a story about fake artifacts and wealthy collectors. It’s a case study in how narratives are constructed, controlled, and sold—often at the expense of truth. Here’s what we can take away:

• Religion is not immune to manipulation. Whether it’s ancient scribes altering texts or modern tycoons buying forgeries, the Bible’s history is as much about power as it is about faith.
• Symbolism matters. The way God and the devil are depicted isn’t neutral—it reinforces who holds power and who doesn’t.
• Critical thinking is a survival skill. From my religion class to the halls of the Museum of the Bible, the message is clear: Those who control the narrative control the people.

So, what’s the takeaway? If a museum dedicated to the Bible can be built on lies, what does that say about the stories we’ve been told—and the ones we tell ourselves?

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Watch and Learn More

If this topic resonates with you, here are some resources to dive deeper:

• ARTE Documentary: “The Bible Forgers” (Search for it on ARTE’s website or streaming platforms).
• Books:
  • Misquoting Jesus by Bart D. Ehrman (on textual forgeries in the Bible).
  • The Bible: A Biography by Karen Armstrong (on the Bible’s historical and cultural impact).
• Articles:
  • Millions for Bible Forgeries (Pro Medienmagazin).
  • The Falsified Bible (Theologe.de).

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Your Turn: What Do You Think?

I’d love to hear your thoughts. Do you see religion as a source of comfort or a tool of control? Have you ever questioned a narrative and faced backlash? Share your experiences in the comments below!

📜 NEW: The Hidden Scripture...

For 2,000 years, Abrahamic religions claimed divine, unchanging truth. The evidence shows something different:

• Multiple Bible versions existed simultaneously
• Canon first defined in 367 AD by Athanasius
• 50+ gospels suppressed
• Vatican revised theology in 1965

https://thomaster.substack.com/p/the-real-history-they-tried-to-destroy

#Bible #Christianity #History #Religion #SuppressedGospel #NagHammadi #DeadSeaScrolls #BiblicalCanon #Athanasius #Vatican #Heretical #Gnosticism #Scripture #ReligiousHistory

📜 NEW: The Hidden Scripture...

For 2,000 years, Abrahamic religions claimed divine, unchanging truth. The evidence shows something different:

• Multiple Bible versions existed simultaneously
• Canon first defined in 367 AD by Athanasius
• 50+ gospels suppressed
• Vatican revised theology in 1965

https://thomaster.substack.com/p/the-real-history-they-tried-to-destroy

#Bible #Christianity #History #Religion #SuppressedGospel #NagHammadi #DeadSeaScrolls #BiblicalCanon #Athanasius #Vatican #Heretical #Gnosticism #Scripture #ReligiousHistory

Where the Dead Sea Scrolls come from: AI and chemical analysis trace origins

A new international research project is set to tackle one of the biggest mysteries surrounding the Dead Sea Scrolls: where the ancient manuscripts were written and copied. Backed by a €2.5 million grant from the European Research Council, the five-year study will combine artificial intelligence with chemical testing to trace...

More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/06/dead-sea-scrolls-origins-studied-with-ai-and-chemical-analysis/

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Where the Dead Sea Scrolls come from: AI and chemical analysis trace origins

A new international research project is set to tackle one of the biggest mysteries surrounding the Dead Sea Scrolls: where the ancient manuscripts were written and copied. Backed by a €2.5 million grant from the European Research Council, the five-year study will combine artificial intelligence with chemical testing to trace...

More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/06/dead-sea-scrolls-origins-studied-with-ai-and-chemical-analysis/

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https://youtube.com/live/6dibbZ2tQXs?is=Mbsm9FnS7p9h5BkO

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https://youtube.com/live/xQIVPAMc4XA?is=98E5VjW0OgrMIbVw

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https://youtube.com/live/fCw4NLksQTs?si=PSuuzJr9YW4ng3LJ

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https://youtube.com/live/fCw4NLksQTs?si=PSuuzJr9YW4ng3LJ

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𝐘𝐀𝐇 𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐘 𝐓𝐕 100 BIBLE OLD TESTAMENT 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐌 | 𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐊 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊 𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐎𝐖

https://youtube.com/live/quQ86niTqhA?si=sEkBjVBB7tzPK5do

𝐘𝐀𝐇 𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐘 𝐓𝐕 100 BIBLE OLD TESTAMENT 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐌 | 𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐊 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊 𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐎𝐖

https://youtube.com/live/quQ86niTqhA?si=sEkBjVBB7tzPK5do

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Scroll fragments once labeled “blank” revealed hidden Hebrew and Aramaic letters using new tech, shaking up Dead Sea Scroll history and helping fight forgeries. #DeadSeaScrolls #AncientTexts #HiddenHistory #RealOrFake #Storytelling #DidYouKnow #HistoryFacts #DocumentaryShort #WeirdHistory
Read more: https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/dead-sea-scroll-fragments-0013733

🌟📜 Dead Sea Scrolls decoded! Scholar cracks “Cryptic B”—an ancient substitution cipher hiding a priestly calendar in Hebrew, used for secret knowledge 2,000 years ago. Mysteries unveiled! Read more: https://thedebrief.org/this-enigmatic-ancient-script-hidden-within-the-dead-sea-scrolls-was-thought-to-be-indecipherable-until-now/

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🌟📜 Dead Sea Scrolls decoded! Scholar cracks “Cryptic B”—an ancient substitution cipher hiding a priestly calendar in Hebrew, used for secret knowledge 2,000 years ago. Mysteries unveiled! Read more: https://thedebrief.org/this-enigmatic-ancient-script-hidden-within-the-dead-sea-scrolls-was-thought-to-be-indecipherable-until-now/

@goodnews

#DeadSeaScrolls #AncientCipher #ArchaeologyWin #HistoryMystery

📜⛰️🔥 In the caves by the salt sea lay the words of old. Fragments of scripture borne by hands long dust. The Essenes or some other doomed folk set them down and fled before Rome. What was found was little. What was lost was greater still. Ash and papyrus mingled in the dark. #DeadSeaScrolls https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-artifacts/dead-sea-scrolls/decayed-papyrus-hints-that-more-dead-sea-scrolls-remain/

Anyone offering opinions on whether AI reconstruction of text from a bunch of statistical weights is a violation of copyright, should first write an essay explaining their thinking in the context of the Dead Sea Scrolls Concordance affair

This has all been argued before in different contexts with different facts, but it has all been argued before:

“Will Marty Abegg Ever Find a Job?” | The BAS Library

Each word in the fragments had its own three-by-five card, noting where it appeared and what the adjacent words were. But the concordance was available only to the eight scholars on the publication team, not to outsiders.

In 1988 copies of this concordance were privately printed from the three-by-five cards for the use of the then-dispersed publication team, and a copy eventually found its way to Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, Ohio.

With the aid of this concordance, a graduate student named Marty Abegg was able to reconstruct the transcripts. And he eventually allowed his reconstructions to be published by the Biblical Archaeology Society.

https://library.biblicalarchaeology.org/article/will-marty-abegg-ever-find-a-job/

#ai #copyright #deadSeaScrolls #llm

Anyone offering opinions on whether AI reconstruction of text from a bunch of statistical weights is a violation of copyright, should first write an essay explaining their thinking in the context of the Dead Sea Scrolls Concordance affair

This has all been argued before in different contexts with different facts, but it has all been argued before:

“Will Marty Abegg Ever Find a Job?” | The BAS Library

Each word in the fragments had its own three-by-five card, noting where it appeared and what the adjacent words were. But the concordance was available only to the eight scholars on the publication team, not to outsiders.

In 1988 copies of this concordance were privately printed from the three-by-five cards for the use of the then-dispersed publication team, and a copy eventually found its way to Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, Ohio.

With the aid of this concordance, a graduate student named Marty Abegg was able to reconstruct the transcripts. And he eventually allowed his reconstructions to be published by the Biblical Archaeology Society.

https://library.biblicalarchaeology.org/article/will-marty-abegg-ever-find-a-job/

#ai #copyright #deadSeaScrolls #llm

AI reveals Dead Sea Scrolls may be older than previously thought

A recent study using artificial intelligence is reshaping our understanding of the Dead Sea Scrolls, suggesting many of the scrolls are older than previously believed...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/06/ai-reveals-dead-sea-scrolls-may-be-older-than-previously-thought/

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AI reveals Dead Sea Scrolls may be older than previously thought

A recent study using artificial intelligence is reshaping our understanding of the Dead Sea Scrolls, suggesting many of the scrolls are older than previously believed...

More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/06/ai-reveals-dead-sea-scrolls-may-be-older-than-previously-thought/

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#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #ArchaeologyLovers #aramaic #AI #deadseascrolls

AI is changing how we understand the Dead Sea Scrolls! New age estimates are emerging thanks to advanced tech. #AI #Archaeology #DeadSeaScrolls
Read more: https://ndpost.org/uncategorized/ai-analysis-reshapes-age-estimates-of-dead-sea-scrolls/

AI is changing how we understand the Dead Sea Scrolls! New age estimates are emerging thanks to advanced tech. #AI #Archaeology #DeadSeaScrolls
Read more: https://ndpost.org/uncategorized/ai-analysis-reshapes-age-estimates-of-dead-sea-scrolls/

#DeadSeaScrolls possibly even older than #scholars thought

https://www.popsci.com/technology/dead-sea-scrolls-age/

#DeadSeaScrolls possibly even older than #scholars thought

https://www.popsci.com/technology/dead-sea-scrolls-age/

Nice to see, The Other Bible, by Willis Barnstone online at the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/otherbible0000unse/mode/2up

#Gnostic #gnosis #NagHammadiLibrary #DeadSeaScrolls #Mandaean #Manichaean #Apocrypha #Gospels #ExtraCanonical #Scriptures #OdesOfSolomon

Nice to see, The Other Bible, by Willis Barnstone online at the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/otherbible0000unse/mode/2up

#Gnostic #gnosis #NagHammadiLibrary #DeadSeaScrolls #Mandaean #Manichaean #Apocrypha #Gospels #ExtraCanonical #Scriptures #OdesOfSolomon

🔴 The Earliest Photo of the Man Who Discovered the First Dead Sea Scrolls?

“This 1953 photo shoot covers both the excavations at Qumran and the early work of sorting the fragments. I was surprised to see a photo of the “two shepherds” who are said to have been the first to find scrolls standing outside the entrance to Cave 1Q.”

https://brentnongbri.com/2024/07/19/the-earliest-photo-of-the-man-who-discovered-the-first-dead-sea-scrolls/

#History #Histodon #Histodons #Qumran #DeadSeaScrolls #MiddleEast #Levant #Asia @histodon @histodons

What interests me is the question how, if the DSS/OG reading is original, the shorter MT reading could have appeared. The proposed reconstruction of 4QSam-a's text reads:
והנער
[עמם ויביאוהו לפני יהוה וישחט אביהו את ]הזבח [כ]אשר
[יעשה מימים ימימה ליהוה ............... וי]שחט

with a long gap.

But if that's original, how can one explain the shorter reading?

8/? #DeadSeaScrolls #HebrewBible #TextualCriticism

Most such explanations can go either way, which is why #TextualCriticism is difficult and often inconclusive.

In this case, one of the #DeadSeaScrolls supports OG over MT (which doesn't solve the issue, since variations occur among DSS).

4QSam-a:
בי]ת יהוה שילה והנער
]הזבח [כ]אשר
וי]שחט

So a full line comes between the second-to-last word of 1 Sam. 1:24 and the start of v.25, w/ two words echoing OG.

7/? #TextualCriticism #HebrewBible

Today is Abib 15, a High Sabbath. 2000 years ago the Messiah gave up his life to pay for our transgressions. Abib 15-21 is also the Feast of Unleavened Bread.

#Matzah #Messiah #Sabbath #Shabbat #Zadok #DeadSeaScrolls #UnleavenedBread #haDerech #Natsarim #Messianic #Christianity

#PublicDomain photo: https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/en/view-image.php?image=35955

Happy Passover! (חג הפסח (Hag haPesah)) to all my brethren who follow the Priestly calendar.

Shalom shalom to you and yours!

#Passover #Pesach #Zadok #Zadokite #DeadSeaScrolls #haDerech #TheWay #Natsarim #Messianic #Christianity

#PublicDomain image: https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/en/view-image.php?image=500503

The real #WheelOfTime was used by John the Baptist and his followers (they are NOT the Essenes); aka #DeadSeaScrolls / #Zadok / #Zadokite (Priestly) calendar

See https://dsscalendar.org/c/

#HappyNewYear #Spring #NewYear #HaDerech #Natsarim #TheWay #Torah #Messianic #Christianity

Today is season "boundary" day. It marks the end & beginning of seasons. This keeps everyone synchronous with nature & the Feasts of YHWH.

#Torah #Zadokite #DeadSeaScrolls #HaDerech #Messianic #Christianity #Judaism #Zadok #Scripture

To my fellow followers of #HaDerech (#TheWay) and the #Zadokite (#DeadSeaScrolls) calendar.

#Passover #Pesach will be on 2024-04-02 18:00 to 2024-04-03 06:00.

In Scriptural Calendar:
* Evening of 14th = 04-02 18:00; to
* Evening of 15th = 04-03 17:59.

Meanwhile, the Feast of #UnleavenedBread #ChagHaMatzot will be from 2024-04-03 to 2024-04-09.

In Scriptural Calendar:
* From the beginning of the day of 15th (sunrise) = 04-03 06:00 to
* the last evening hour of the 21st = 04-10 05:59, right before a new day begins.
* The 1st and 7th days are #HighShabbat days. No work like any other #Shabbat days.

Remember, a day (24-hour period) begins at sunrise or 06:00 (for easy reckoning), and ends until the next sunrise or 05:59 (for easy reckoning).

We observe the Feasts of YHWH because he commanded these, not because of rituals men told us to. It is fine if you stick to pure Torah instructions or if you want to add traditions, it is between you and The Most High. Just make sure you are not doing it as a ritual, otherwise, it is legalism. Do it because you want to obey The Most High. It was YHWH who commanded these, not men, and definitely not the Pharisees.

Have an amazing time with YHWH, The Most High!

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"What can new technology reveal about the ancient Dead Sea Scrolls? Join scientists as they investigate suspicious, newly surfaced fragments to see if they're forfeited, and use imaging techniques to digitally unravel the charred remains of a scroll." https://youtu.be/INV9eLQa7Jc #Youtube #Video #Documentary #DeadSeaScrolls #Ancient #Hebrew #Bible #Judaism #Christianity #Religion #Tech #Technology #Science #STEM #Archaeology @science @religion @christianity @archaeodons

started a #wikipedia article on American translator, writer, speaker, president of Junior Hadassah in the 1930s, Hebrew University professor in the 1950s and 1960s, Shulamith Schwartz Nardi (1909-2002): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shulamith_Nardi @wikiwomeninred @barnardcollege @hebrewu #Israel #DeadSeaScrolls #Palestine #Hadassah #Zionism #HebrewLiterature

The reason why armchair (and professional) lawyers who want to argue the Open AI vs: New York Times copyright lawsuit, should look towards the Dead Sea Scrolls…

This is written-up in a bunch[1] of places, but basically: the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered circa 1946, then excavated, and then hoarded by academics who wanted to only release them piecemeal and slowly, after consideration.

Alas for this plan: to assist researchers who wanted to run statistical analyses of which words were where on what pages, they released a concordance — an index of all of the texts…

[…] organized like a dictionary, listing every use of every word that appears in a text, identifying the places where the word is found and also giving the context in which the word is used. 

Source: NYT

But what they never bet upon was that someone would take the concordance, feed it into a computer, and use the computer to reconstruct (or: “reverse-engineer”) a copy of the original text (allowing that there may be errors in the construction of the concordance or in the process of reconstruction) – the reconstruction being subsequently published and thereby effectively forcing the scroll-keepers into actual publication of the originals

Key Questions

Ignoring that the original texts were so old as to not be in copyright…

1. Was the concordance a derivative work of the original texts?
2. Was analysis of the concordance in order to reconstruct the original, in keeping with the intention of providing the concordance for analysis? Would this matter?
3. Would building an LLM model of all the scrape-able texts on the internet — including, for instance, the Internet Archive copy of the 1991 NYT article re: this matter — be a derivative work of the NYT article, or of the entire Internet? Should we distinguish?
4. If someone — for instance a lawyer representing the NYT — prompts a LLM with text that will provoke it to roughly reconstruct (allowing that there may be errors in the construction of the model or in the process of reconstruction) a NYT article, is the result a breach of copyright? Is it a mechanically derived work (the reconstruction) of (perhaps) another derived work (the model)?

These are fun things to think about. I’m not going to suggest answers, because I am not trying to win an argument one way or another, but I do believe that the future of knowledge-accessability is at stake, here.

[1] Sources

• https://brill.com/display/package/9789004310391?language=en
• https://www.nytimes.com/1991/09/05/world/computer-breaks-monopoly-on-study-of-dead-sea-scrolls.html (archived at internet archive)
• https://www.logos.com/grow/bsm-the-dramatic-discovery-and-forced-release-of-the-dead-sea-scrolls/

#copyright #deadSeaScrolls #newYorkTimes #openAi

https://alecmuffett.com/article/108769

-- Scholar FLIPS Dead Sea Scroll JESUS CLAIM on its Head (feat Dr James Tabor) --
(from Paulogia)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5fwT8FtmTE

#DeadSeaScrolls #Qumran #Judaism #Christianity #Jesus #apologetics #history #prophecy

-- Apologist crushed by expert on The Dead Sea Scrolls | Eric Metaxas vs. James D. Tabor --
(from Rationality Rules)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bbdA93wJzY

#Judaism #Christianity #DeadSeaScrolls #scripture #Bible #history

-- Dead Sea Scrolls: What Apologists Hope You'll Never Find Out (feat. Dr James Tabor) --
(at Paulogia)
#Christianity #gospels #apologetics #Bible #scripture #scholarship #DeadSeaScrolls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FK9a8TPFYdQ

#DeadSeaScrolls: What #Apologists Hope You'll Never Find Out (feat. Dr James Tabor)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FK9a8TPFYdQ

#Christian apologist #JoshMcDowell irresponsibly overstates what the Dead Sea Scrolls can tell us about #OldTestament reliability. Dr John Bergsma insists that #JohntheBaptist and several of #Jesus' disciples were part of the #DeadSeaScroll group. Meanwhile, Dr Craig Evans insists that any notion of Jesus parallels are rejected by #scholars and outside the mainstream.
#Bible #NT #myth