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Old Testament Manuscripts Go On Auction Block Soon
Four leather bound parchments argued by Johns Hopkins archaeologist to be the oldest OT manuscripts will be offered for sale for over 1 million dollars. Discovered near the Dead Sea in 1947, they include Isaiah, a Habakkuk commentary, and a Judaic sect discipline manual. The owner is St. Mark's Syrian Orthodox Convent in Jerusalem.
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Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University
Dead Sea
St. Mark’s Syrian Orthodox Convent
Jerusalem
F. W. Albright
Hopkins
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York
St. Mark’s
Holy Land