Copper Scroll

  The Lanier Theological Library recently put on display a facsimile of the only Dead Sea Scroll written on metal.  It was loaned to us by Ecole Biblique, the French School of the Bible and Archaeology in Jerusalem. This copper scroll was discovered in Qumran Cave 3 on March 20, 1952.

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June 2015 Book Reviews

Accompanied by a Believing Wife: Ministry and Celibacy in the Earliest Christian Communities by Raymond F. Collins . Read a review here. Ancient Gospel or Modern Forgery? The Secret Gospel of Mark in Debate: Proceedings from the 2011 York University Christian Apocrypha Symposium edited by Tony Burke. Read a review here.

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May 2015 Book Reviews

Born a Virgin? Reconceiving Jesus in the Bible, Tradition, and Theology by Andrew Lincoln. Read a review here. Entering the Fray: A Primer on New Testament Issues for the Church and Academy by T. Michael W. Halcomb. Read a review here. Iesus Deus: The Early Christian Depiction of Jesus as

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April 2015 Book Reviews

Ancient Rhetoric and The Synoptic Problem: Clarifying Markan Priority by Alex Damm. Read a review here. The Character of Christian Scripture: The Significance of a Two-Testament Bible by Christopher R. Seitz.  Read a review here. The English Bible, King James Version: The Old Testament edited by Herbert Marks.  Read a

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