From kraft Mon Jan 23 20:54:59 1995
Subject: Question about "Copper Scroll"

>    Vanderkam mentions that the copper scroll lists "treasure sites."      
>  (p. 10)  He doesn't say anymore than that (or at least as far as I have 
> read).  What are these sites. Has any one looked  for them? What are the 
> "treasures?"  Could you please expound on this copper scroll.

This is a good example of how to use, interactively, the two
introductory textbooks. VanderKam leaves you with a question, on p. 10.
When you go to his index, you find under "Copper Scroll" a reference to
pp. 68-69 (also to p. 192). There you find some sort of answer to your
questions. If, as I hope, you would like more information (or another
viewpoint), you check the index in Fitzmyer. There you will find
reference to "Copper Plaque" (!), and suspecting that this might be
relevant you check pp. 35-36 (and p. 23). Voila! Now you know, perhaps,
more than VanderKam tells, and as much as I can give you (apart from
anecdotes about Allegro!) at this point. Learning to find is probably
the most important aspect of education.

RAK
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From kraft Wed Jan 25 23:27:49 1995
Subject: DSS: Copper Scroll/Plaque Treasures

I thought this item from my class DSS discussion list might be of more
general interest to IOUDAIOS-L members. It makes me ask WHAT sort of
"interesting discoveries." Mystery is answered by mystery!

Bob Kraft, UPenn

> From: Ragde@aol.com
> Date: Wed, 25 Jan 1995 10:55:25 -0500
> 
> The very controversial amateur archaeologist Vendyl Jones of the Institute of
> Judaic Christian Studies at Arlington, Texas has spent the last decade
> looking for them [i.e. the treasures mentioned in the Copper scroll/plaque]. 
> He has made several interesting discoveries.
> 
> Jim Myers
> Center For Biblical Analysis
>