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Sunday, October 24, 2010

SBTS acquires more DSS fragments

THREE MORE Dead Sea Scroll fragments have been acquired by Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary:
Fort Worth seminary obtains more pieces of the Dead Sea Scrolls

Posted Friday, Oct. 22, 2010 (Star-Telegram)

FORT WORTH -- Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary has acquired three more fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the seminary announced this week.

The fragments were obtained from a private collector in Europe through a gift from a friend of the seminary, according to a news release. Early analysis shows that the new fragments include two portions of Deuteronomy and one of the Psalms.

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SBTS obtained three additional fragments early this year.