American and Israeli archaeologists and researchers have announced that they have deciphered what they believe is the oldest biblical text discovered since the finding of the Dead Sea scrolls.
“This is a really big discovery,” Pnina Shor, curator at the Israel Antiquities Authority, said during a press conference on Monday.
The charred 1,500 year-old parchment had been discovered in 1970 among the remains of the ancient Ein Gedi synogogue, located on the shore of the Dead Sea. David had once sought refuge in the caves of Ein Gedi when he was being hunted by King Saul.
However, at the time, forensics could not decipher script on the scroll. But now, through the use of medical and digital technology, it has been found that the parchment contains the first eight verses of the second chapter of the Book of Leviticus.
“The most advanced technologies allowed us to virtually unroll a scroll, part of a bible, from about 1,500 years ago,” Shor said.
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