Advocates of the books say they are:

The Sealed Book mentioned in Revelations

The Israeli Archeological Society and Jordanian Archeological Society:

Both hold the codices are forgeries

The 'holder' of the books is:

An Israeli Bedouin farmer named Hassan Saeda

The Israeli Archeological Authority argues that the codices are fake because:

The styles and images are from a jumble of periods

One weird feature of the codices is that some are:

sealed on both sides so they don't open

A concerning letter emerged from 2010 when Elkington was told:

that his copper tablet was copied from a known tombstone

The Jordanian government is trying to:

repatriate these books from England

Supposedly the books are held by:

An Israeli who refuses to give them up

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1
Advocates of the books say they are:
The lost gospel of Judas
The lost books of Enoch
The Sealed Book mentioned in Revelations
The Temple Maps
2
David Elkington and his supporters claim the inscriptions:
Are in Coptic
Are in code.
Are in Aramaic
Are forgered
3
The scholar to do most of the analysis on these books was:
David Elkington
Geza Vermes
Rebecca Wollenberg
Dirk Obbink
4
The Israeli Archeological Society and Jordanian Archeological Society:
Are fighting for control of the codices
Disagree about their authenticity
Both hold the codices are forgeries
Both support the codices as authentic
5
The analysis was based on:
paleography
epigraphy
orthography
corrosion
6
Sadly, it emerged that Professor David Elkington:
had no academic qualifications at all
Had received tens of thousands of pounds from the princess of Yugoslavia
All of these
Had contracted a popular book based on these codices
7
These books were the size of:
A credit card
A contemporary Bible
An elephant
A goat
8
Where were these books "found"?
Egypt
Jordan
Dead Sea
Nag Hammadi
9
The 'holder' of the books is:
A Jordanian archeologist
An Israeli Bedouin farmer named Hassan Saeda
A Swiss scholar name Rene Bloch
A teenage goat herder who refuses to listen to his parents
10
The Israeli Archeological Authority argues that the codices are fake because:
Hassan Saeda doesn't really exist
The leather is too thick
The carbon dating is forged
The styles and images are from a jumble of periods
11
One weird feature of the codices is that some are:
painted red
sealed on both sides so they don't open
covered in wax
written on iron
12
A concerning letter emerged from 2010 when Elkington was told:
where to find ancient lead
where to find the Jordanian cave in question
where to find old leather
that his copper tablet was copied from a known tombstone
13
Carbon dating on the leather straps is:
2000 years old
20 years old
1800 years old
360 years old
14
Then Robert Deutsch pointed out the images:
were modern
were too old
were copied from known coins
were feminine depictions of Jesus
15
The Jordanian government is trying to:
authenticate the finds
prosecute the smugglers
disavow the discovery
repatriate these books from England
16
The find also included:
Tablets
An incense bowl
Scrolls
All of these
17
Scholars began declaring the codices fake in:
1943
1988
2010
2012
18
How many Jordan lead codices are there?
7
3
70
1
19
Supposedly the books are held by:
Dirk Obbink
An Israeli who refuses to give them up
The Museum of the Bible
A Jordanian Beduoin
20
A famous French epigrapher claims the inscriptions
Are in Aramaic
Make no sense
Are in Koine Greek
Are sophisticated literature
21
Metallurgical testing dated some books to:
The 2nd century CE
The 3rd century CE
The 19th century
The 1st century CE
22
The Jordanian Lead Codices were first announced in:
2011
1920
1028
1897

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