Is a long-dismissed forgery the oldest known Biblical manuscript?

Re:Is a long-dismissed forgery the oldest known Biblical man... by leth_dev on Saturday March 13, 2021 @04:41PM (#26450258)

Hypothesis: the physical medium was a forgery, but the text was not. In other words: it was a copy of a genuine manuscrit. That would explain why the physical scroll appears to be an obvious forgery containing, retrospectively, a perplexing text.

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Re:Is a long-dismissed forgery the oldest known Biblical man... by usrusr on Saturday March 13, 2021 @06:05PM (#26450995)

Why would anyone go through the pains of forgery to create a copy of an original in their possession? Just sell the original if you're in or for quick money, show off your original (and sell clean copies) if you're out for status.

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Re:Is a long-dismissed forgery the oldest known Biblical man... by riffraff on Sunday March 14, 2021 @01:42AM (#26453300)

you could sell the thing twice: you sell the original to a collector, and the copy to another collector.

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Re:Is a long-dismissed forgery the oldest known Biblical man... by seniorivn on Sunday March 14, 2021 @03:22AM (#26453432)

you can sell forgeries every once in a while, and keep original for yourself

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