THE LATEST on the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibition in Ohio, which now seems to be called the Dead Sea Scrolls to America exhibit:

Dead Sea Scrolls come to Bucyrus

By Dan Clutter
[Bucyrus] Telegraph-Forum staff



T-F photo by Beth Thompson

6-year-old Nathan Wayne of Caledonia reacts to his mother's comment that the papyrus is over 1,800 years old. The Dead Sea Scrolls to America exhibit is on display at Victory in Truth Ministries, 485 Ohio 4 South, 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday and noon-8 p.m. Sunday.

The Dead Sea Scrolls are the earliest recordings of Bible passages in existence, and fragments from the Scroll are in Bucyrus through the weekend.

The 2,200-year-old fragments that predate the birth of Jesus are passages from the Bible books of Genesis and Isaiah. They are on display with other Biblical finds at Victory In Truth Ministries, 485 Ohio 4 South.

The artifacts belong to Dr. Craig Lampe of Arizona, who has spent 30 years collecting Biblical treasurers from all over the globe.

"I have a Bible museum," Lampe said. "And mine is the only one strictly devoted to the Bible. This is a complete history of the Bible.

"We have about $7 million worth of Bibles. And about $4 million are here in Bucyrus now."

Lampe took the Telegraph-Forum on a guided tour of his impressive collection.

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A list of manuscripts in the exhibition follows.