What We Should Do Next Time Great Manuscripts Are Discovered

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The mismanagement that has characterized the official publication of the Dead Sea Scrolls raises the question of how future manuscript discoveries should be handled—for future discoveries there surely will be.

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Footnotes

For more on the Gnostic library, see Helmut Koester and Stephen I. Patterson, “The Gospel of Thomas: Does It Contain Authentic Sayings of Jesus?” BR 06:02.

The Catholic church’s Index, a list of heretical works first published in 1559 and periodically revised by the Congregation of the Inquisition, included ten guidelines for regulating censorship.