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The three fragments of papyrus have been hidden away for a hundred years in an Oxford University library. But a…
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The biggest news for biblical scholars these days is that they can finally study the complete Dead Sea Scrolls. The…
I rarely go on the air three times in a one-month period to address the same issue. But today our…
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