Claiming that the Israelis took away the Dead Sea Scrolls from them during the 1967 Six-Day War, the Jordanians have initiated a move in the United Nations to get the ancient texts back, The Next Reporter website reports today.
"Israel seized the scrolls and other antiquities from the Palestinian Museum, which was managed by Jordan, in East Jerusalem when it occupied this part of the city in 1967," Rafea Harahsheh, an official of Jordan's antiquities department said.
He added, "The government has legal documents that prove Jordan owns the scrolls."
The scrolls are of great historical significance -- especially to biblical scholars -- since they ascribe to the earliest origins of Judaism and Christianity.
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