Transmission
The Silver Scroll
In 1979, excavating a tomb in a cave on the western slope of the City of David, the archaeologist Gabriel Barkay uncovered two small objects that were, at first, easy to overlook:…
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The Ketef Hinnom Scrolls
The two smallest and most famous pieces of scriptural antiquity in the world are rolled-up sheets of silver thinner than a kitchen foil. Each, when unrolled, fits inside the palm of an…