Of all the Dead Sea Scrolls, one stands out because it’s made of copper and contains directions for finding a huge secret cache of treasure. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli talk about the origins of the scroll, what it says, and Jimmy’s own unique theory for why it exists.
Links for this episode:
- MYS009: The Mystery of the Dead Sea Scrolls
- The Copper Scroll on Wikipedia
- The Great Courses has an excellent course by OT scholar Gary Rendsburg
- The Modern Scholar also has an excellent course by Rabbi Lawrence Schiffman
- Wikipedia on the Confidence Trick
- Photo of the Copper Scroll provided by Tom McDonald of WeirdCatholic.com
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The scam theory is interesting and plausible. Another theory is that only a few of the locations are real and the rest are fake as a security measure. Maybe the Greek letters hold the key to the real ones.