Subject:	Jordan wants the Dead Sea Scrolls back from Israel
Date:	Tue, 12 Jan 2010 07:50:33 -0800 (PST)

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j4Lm1ed__c-wKiQ_t-9Af70OIMSw

"The parchments have shed light on the earliest origins of Judaism and
Christianity, and are considered to be one of the greatest
archaeological finds of all time.

Also called the Qumran manuscripts, the scrolls, attributed to the
Jewish Essenes religious community, are of huge historical interest,
especially for biblical scholars."

David Christainsen
Newton, Mass. USA

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