A DEAD SEA SCROLLS MUSEUM IN TENNESSEE? Maybe. The curator (owner?) of the Ink and Blood exhibition seems to be setting out to found one.

Biblical museum possible for 'Boro

By ERIN EDGEMON (Daily News Journal)
edgemon@dnj.com

The curator of a traveling exhibit of authentic Dead Sea Scroll fragments and rare Bibles said Murfreesboro would be his first choice for a permanent museum to display the massive collection of artifacts and manuscripts.

A 10-15 acre site near state Route 840 and Interstate 24 in Rutherford County would be the perfect location, said William Noah, a local physician and exhibit curator.

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Artifacts now on exhibit range from fragments of Dead Sea Scroll fragments, the very earliest biblical fragments in existence; ancient inkwells that date from 2000 B.C. to the time of Christ; Proto Cuneiform clay tablets, pictographic writings dating from 3100 B.C.; and Roman artifacts such as coins, medical instruments and Byzantine jewelry.

A nonprofit entity � the National Museum of Biblical History � was formed this year as a fund-raising vehicle for the permanent museum of the same name. A portion of the proceeds of the Ink & Blood Dead Sea Scrolls to the English Bible Museum beginning with the Lexington, Ky. exhibit, which opens in Lexington Center June 24, will go toward funding the museum.

John Kea, chairman of the nonprofit board, said he expects it to be a number of years before the museum will become a reality.

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