“I’m delighted to announce that just moments ago, I personally delivered the Trump family Bible, given to me by my mother—I remember the time she gave it to me—but was used in both my inaugurations and…will now be displayed right at the heart of our nation’s capital.” - C.Leaders
CS Lewis' 'Prince Caspian' hits the stage at Museum of the Bible
“The production, presented by The Logos Theatre, a division of the nationally acclaimed Academy of Arts Ministries based in Taylors, South Carolina, will run at the Museum of the Bible from March 1 through April 27.” - CPost
New museum exhibit seeks to show Samaritans are more than a biblical parable
“ ‘The Samaritans: A Biblical People,’ opened Sept. 16 at the Museum of the Bible and includes artifacts spanning from the second century before the Common Era to contemporary paintings made in the past couple of years.” - RNS
Museum of the Bible returns 1,000-year-old handwritten Gospel manuscript to Greek Monastery
“Bulgarian forces absconded with the manuscript in 1917 during World War I” - CPost
Missing Papyri Professor Must Return $7 Million to Hobby Lobby
“Dirk Obbink…. dodged the private investigators trying to serve him a legal summons in August and September and failed to answer the official letter notifying him that he was required to respond to allegations he had defrauded Hobby Lobby by selling the craft store $7 million worth of ancient papyri that he didn’t actually own.” - C.Today
Judge orders forfeiture of ancient tablet from Museum of the Bible
“It was acquired by Hobby Lobby in 2014 from Christie’s auction house for the company’s collections at the Museum of the Bible. The item was part of the exhibitions at the Museum of the Bible when it opened in November 2017 and remained on display until 2019, when it was confiscated by federal agents.” - BPNews
Hobby Lobby sues Oxford professor for $7M over stolen Bible fragments
“Hobby Lobby Stores has filed a $7 million lawsuit in the United States against a former professor from the U.K.’s Oxford University who was arrested last year after being accused of stealing ancient Bible fragments from the university and selling them to the U.S. arts and crafts retail chain.” - C.Post
Museum of the Bible returns some 5,000 disputed biblical objects to Egypt
“The handover of the artifacts, which included manuscript fragments, funeral masks, parts of coffins, and the heads of statues, was preceded by extensive discussions with Egyptian officials that started in late 2017, MOTB Chairman of the Board Steve Green said in a statement last week.” - C.Post
Bible Museum Must Send One More Artifact Back to Iraq
“The US Attorney’s Office of Eastern New York says that Hobby Lobby legally purchased the Gilgamesh Dream Tablet for $1.6 million to loan to the museum, but the papers documenting the artifact’s purchase history were false.” - CToday
Bible Museum Criticism ‘Was Justified,’ Founder Says
“Steve Green, president of Hobby Lobby and chairman of the Museum of the Bible, is returning 11,500 antiquities to the Iraqi and Egyptian governments. The ancient clay seals and fragments of papyrus do not have complete documentation and may have been looted or stolen.” - CToday