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Attached is the press release about the manuscripts discovered and photographed in Albania this past summer. Also, WFAA News, the Dallas ABC affiliate, is scheduled to air a short story on these manuscripts and the work of the Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts on Thursday, March 27, 2008.

Here's the Christianity Today Q&A interview.

Many of you read my post entitled, "Scholars Find Treasure Trove of Medieval New Testament Manuscripts". At last, the site where these manuscripts were discovered can be revealed. The Dallas Morning News on Saturday, March 8, 2008, ran a story about the manuscript discoveries. Here's the link:

With all this talk about Jesus' tomb, it seems that we have missed a remarkably newsworthy item. The nails that were used to crucify Jesus have not only been found, but they're also for sale on eBay! You can buy them immediately for 10,000 Euros. Isn't that something like two million dollars US. I really feel sorry Canadians interested in this find. I think it's in the billions for them. Nevertheless, here's the link: 

http://cgi.befr.ebay.be/CLOUS-AYANT-SERVIS-A-CRUCIFIER-LE-CHRIST_W0QQitemZ320219417800QQihZ011QQcategoryZ358QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem 

I wanted to draw everyone’s attention to a new book on Jesus by Kenneth Bailey. Bailey spent his career working in the Middle East for many years. His earlier books, Poet and Peasant and Through Peasant Eyes (combined as one book later) were provocative and insightful about orality and memory in Middle Eastern cultures.