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Thu. 03/11 - Is This Ancient Biblical Forgery Actually Real?

Cool Stuff Ride Home

Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

News, Tech News, Science, Society & Culture

4.6732 Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2021

⏱️ 18 minutes

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It was written off as a forgery in 1883, but now it’s being reconsidered as the oldest known Biblical manuscript. Also, how the pandemic has affected the names people are choosing for their babies. And how a lake in Turkey may hold the key to finding signs of ancient life on Mars. Sponsors: Lightstream, Get a special interest rate discount at lightstream.com/kottke Fitbod, Get 25% off a membership at Fitbod.me/kottke Links: Is a Long-Dismissed Forgery Actually the Oldest Known Biblical Manuscript? (NY Times) Murder Among the Mormons | Official Trailer (Netflix, YouTube) How COVID Influenced Most Popular Baby Names Of 2021 (Refinery29) From ‘Alma’ to ‘Zuri,’ Parents Are Looking for Positive Baby Names (NY Times) What Is Cottagecore? : 1A (NPR) Mars on Earth: Turkish lake may hold clues to ancient life on planet (Reuters) Netflix 'The Last Blockbuster' Docu Release (Hypebeast) If I Did It (Alanna Bennett, Twitter) September Kottke episode mentioning The Last Blockbuster (Kottke Ride Home) Kottke.Org Jackson Bird on Twitter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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It was written off as a forgery in 1883, but now it's being reconsidered as the oldest known biblical manuscript.

1:06.8

How the pandemic has affected the names people are choosing for their babies, and how a lake

1:14.3

in Turkey may hold the key to finding signs of ancient life on Mars. Here are some of the

1:20.9

cool things from the news today. So close to a century and a half ago, a man named Moses Wilhelm Shapira found 15 manuscript fragments in a cave near the Dead Sea.

1:35.0

They were written in an ancient Hebrew script and contained what Shapira claimed was the original book of Deuteronomy.

1:42.2

But despite interest from the British Museum to the tune of a million pounds,

1:46.9

the manuscripts were found to be forged. Shapira was disgraced and the documents disappeared.

1:53.1

But now, a scholar named Edan Dershowitz is questioning if those documents might have been real all along.

2:01.5

So while the British Museum was examining the manuscript fragments for authenticity themselves

2:06.0

back in the 19th century, a few of the fragments were also on display to the public,

2:10.6

already attracting tons of visitors.

2:13.1

The news of the possibly oldest ever discovered biblical manuscript had made headlines around the world.

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