Two Romantic Textual Criticism Stories—Really!

by Aug 26, 2008Uncategorized

The Israeli Antiquities Authority is going to put the Dead Sea Scrolls online in amazingly high-quality digital format. In addition, the half-century-old infrared photographs will go up. Have you never read the romantic story of the release of the Dead Sea Scrolls by Marty Abegg, Biblical Archaeological Review, and the Huntington Library? Don’t miss it!

Something else you may have missed: Sinaiticus is already out there on a very cool site. Have you never read the romantic story of the finding of Sinaiticus by Constantin von Tischendorf? Don’t miss it!

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