tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post4039241198139258931..comments2024-03-11T13:16:19.098-04:00Comments on Ad Orientem: Remember the Gospel according to Judas?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-30644795070315183342007-12-03T01:02:00.000-05:002007-12-03T01:02:00.000-05:00I read DeConick's excellent article on the Judas f...I read DeConick's excellent article on the Judas fiasco yesterday in the New York Times. I was particularly interested in what she said about the Dead Sea Scrolls:<BR/><BR/>"The situation reminds me of the deadlock that held scholarship back on the Dead Sea Scrolls decades ago. When manuscripts are hoarded by a few, it results in <B>errors and monopoly interpretations that are very hard to overturn even after they are proved wrong</B>."<BR/><BR/>From what I understand, the consequences of the Scrolls monopoly are indeed still continuing today, in a misleading exhibit taking place in a "natural history" museum in San Diego. See this article for details:<BR/><BR/>http://www.nowpublic.com/culture/did-christian-agenda-lead-biased-dead-sea-scrolls-exhibit-san-diego<BR/><BR/>Thus, I would suggest that the real question confronting us today is whether liberal Christian scholars -- by which I mean scholars of Christian faith who, like April DeConick, proceed in accordance with fundamental scientific principles rather than any religious agenda -- will part company with their Evangelical colleagues and frankly condemn what is going on with the Dead Sea Scrolls in one museum exhibit after another.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16059587770466161796noreply@blogger.com