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Tom Verenna<\/a> has written an article which has just appeared online in The Bible and Interpretation<\/em> which explains clearly and concisely why increasing numbers of scholars have reached the conclusion that the lead books allegedly discovered in Jordan are fakes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"