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John Marco Allegro also has like beliefs. He was originally a member of the international team of eight scholars who began the editing of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Of these men, four were Roman Catholics and he was the only member with no religious commitment. Ironically, Professor Allegro is now not even permitted to see the Scrolls!
At least four hundred documents had been pieced together and prepared for publication by the end of the 1960s, but only four or five have been released to the public. He also asks searching questions as to why this information has been withheld.
The Scrolls were pushed quietly back into the woodwork and quite a few of them have disappeared again. One theologian was known to remark, “I wish they would just disappear and re-surface after about two more generations.” He meant in this way he would not have to explain them to his flock. I think this is very likely what has happened. I also think they may have found some of the same things which I unearthed during our experiment – and they couldn’t handle them.
The documents are supposedly now housed in the Shrine of the Book in Israel. This building was especially built for the study and translation of the scrolls, and to act as a depository to facilitate the piecing together of the countless fragments.
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The Copper Scroll is one of the Dead Sea Scrolls discovered in the Qumran Caves
