Amir Cohen, an Israel Antiquities Authority worker displays a scroll at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem on July 20, 2015. This Biblical/Torah scroll was discovered in 1,500 year-old burnt Synagogue in 1970. – Photo courtesy of: Reuters & JewsNews
Burnt scroll found 45 years ago in archaeological excavations is oldest biblical text since Dead Sea Scrolls
by, JewsNews | h/t Billy L. Queen III
Israeli archaeologists said on Monday they had discerned biblical writing on a 1,500 year old scroll they deemed the oldest biblical text found since the Dead Sea Scrolls.
The completely charred scroll, which was found forty five years ago in archaeological excavations at Ein Gedi, on the western shore of the Dead Sea, was unveiled at the Israel Antiquities Authority Jerusalem laboratoryin the Israel Museum.
Scientists and researchers around the globe who worked over one year to decipher the biblical verses, using state of the…
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