High-tech museum to take long, scholarly view of Bible

WASHINGTON — A new multimillion-dollar, high-tech, interactive museum of the Bible was announced Thursday amid 130 artifacts of the Good Book in a private exhibition at the Vatican Embassy.

The exhibit was a sampler of Jewish, Catholic and Protestant treasures from the future museum’s 10,000 manuscripts and texts, one of the world’s largest biblical collections.

Some were as old as pages of the gospel in the Aramaic of Jesus’ time, as political as the only Bible edition ever authorized by the U.S. Congress, as treasured first editions of the majestic King James Version, displayed near the king’s own seal.

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Oh, and if you are are a Baylor fan of any kind, that article might be worth checking out.

That “only Bible edition ever authorized by the U.S. Congress” got my attention . . . I had no idea such a thing has been done.  So if you are curious, here’s some details on that Bible.

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Gravity

Gravity is strongest in yellow areas; it is weakest in blue ones.

Details @ bbc.co.uk

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Bag of Randomness

  • I have a feeling that the new three pound pretzel available at the Rangers Ballpark in Arlington isn’t going to be a big seller.
  • The Rangers also upgraded their video board, but they aren’t the only team to upgrade their stadium technology wise.
  • Bacon Flavored Oxygen Inhaler
  • Jeopardy! sure was weird last night.  During the first round when none of the contestants could get the answer correct, Neil Patrick Harris appeared as if he was on set in Trebek’s place and provided the correct answer.  Then, in the second round, the same thing happened except it was Jeff Probst (who use to host the Rock n Roll Jeopardy).  Then, for Final Jeopardy, Will Ferrell appeared as Alex Trebek.  I promise you, this was not a dream or a hallucination.
  • Something for my sci-fi friend: She Never Saw Star Wars
  • Awkward Family Wedding Photos
  • There’s a local story of a high school baseball team sacrificing live chickens to end a losing streak, and the media keeps stating the influence is from the movie Major League.  If the movie is truly the inspiration, then they would remember the team actually brought in a bucket of KFC – which ended up helping them.
  • NKOTB and the Backstreet Boys have a new single out.  Thanks for the link, Jimi.
  • My friend Barry pointed out on his blog that being single and out on “the scene” isn’t that great.
  • Also from his blog – Texas Senate Candidate Has Read Republican Playbook and More
  • An interesting web browser chart – just for you Stef!
  • The New York subway system has changed a lot since 1986.
  • I’m unable to understand this Oxy ad.
  • Betty White is going to host a senior citizen prank show – I hope no one dies suddenly.
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