The Unitarian Church of All Souls in New York is the new owner of a Dead Sea Scroll which includes what is believed to be the earliest Hebrew copy of the Ten Commandments, it was announced here last week. The Decalogue, said to be in perfect condition, was purchased on the black market for “several thousand dollars” by a member of All Souls Church.
The scroll had been placed in Archaeological Museum in the Jordan-held portion of Jerusalem. The acquisition was said to have been obtained in a “cloak-and-dagger” type of operation.
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