A forum for people with knowledge of the Bible in its original languages to discuss its manuscripts and textual history from the perspective of historic evangelical theology.
- Contributors
- Peter M. Head (ed)
- Tommy Wasserman (ed)
- P. J. Williams, and others
"... the manuscripts would be going to a museum, university or major library in Europe or America where they would still be accessible to researchers."
ReplyDeleteYale will probably get them. One wonders why one of the best collections in the world would have a budget shortfall, whereas a lesser collection would have (lots of) money to spare. Something is not right there.
Maybe the board of directors needs a new Lear jet.
Sounds like they're planning to sell p75, like a jewel from the center of a crown.
ReplyDeleteThey could donate it to the Israel Museum.
OK, more seriously, if the museum needs to sell to stay afloat, then sell the whole collection and raise enough money to provide a research fund. Without knowing the details, it does sound like something is not right there and maybe the collection shouldn't be in their hands at all.
I think we'd probably get more access if they were in "a museum, university or major library in Europe or America". Go for it. The sooner the better.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how much they'll sell for? Perhaps we could put together a bid
ReplyDeleteI think that 9 million USD is far too low.
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