Old Testament Scrolls
"Received Thnrsdav, 7 p.m. LONDON, August 11. I'rofessor Godfrev 1101103 Driver, of Oxford Hniversitv, and a world authoritv on the Bible, has accused the Americans of .keeping secret the details of the recpntlv discoverod Old Testatr:ont pcrools. TTe said: "It seepis that it will be upwards of another veaT before photoslatic copies are forthcoming. The Americans should liavo photographed the scrolls by now and let the people have a look at them. There has never been any discovery like . this before but we are still in the dark. I fhink the Americans are all eockahooji over getting hold of the find. T eupl'"se it is onlv hnman nnture not to ttant to broadcast it but it is not tho pioper spirit of scholarship. Tt is un- 1 fortunate that the acknowlodged ex-j perls are being kopt out. American ex- 1 perts on the Semitic languages are not m the same class as European seholaTs. The idea for taking the scrolls to Anierica seems to have been 'how much Stoney cau ,we make out pf itl 7 71
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Chronicle (Levin), 12 August 1949, Page 5
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180Old Testament Scrolls Chronicle (Levin), 12 August 1949, Page 5
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