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The Shapira Scroll was first introduced to the world back in 1883 and there has been much debate surrounding its authenticity ever since. But now, a new expert has come forward claiming that it is in fact the real deal and is “actually the oldest known Biblical script” that has ever been found. The scroll is a paleo-Hebrew script written on fifteen leather strips that contain verses from the book of Deuteronomy and even an 11th commandment, “you should not hate your own brothers: I am God, your God”. Jerusalem antiques dealer Moses Wilhelm Shapira claimed to have found the scroll in a...

Antiques dealer Moses Willhelm Shapira released the scroll to the world in 1883   The 15 fragments claim to contain words from the biblical book of Deuteronomy He sold them to the British Museum for £1 million but they were branded as fake The museum sold the fragments at auction for £25 and they disappeared forever  A new study into the linguistics and structure of the words based on drawings and writings from the 18th century suggest it may actually be ancient text