Zev Porat

Thursday, October 11, 2018

VIDEO: Opening the Copper Scroll

When the Copper Scroll was first found it didn't set off the kind of alarm bells that you may expect. The black market was flooded with Dead Sea Scrolls, most of which were very fragmentary. It was a tremendous struggle to keep up with buying them, piecing them together, and publishing them. The process turned out to be decades long. That had a lot to do with the fact that Jordan established a very small team of editors, all international experts in Hebrew and Semitic studies. John Allegro, a scroll editor from Britain, was the only team member to champion the Copper Scroll. Allegro was determined to get it opened and find out its message.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykUpJrnO8dk&feature=youtu.be



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