Roosevelt Standard | 1932-06-30 | Page 2 | Expert Thinks Ancient Papyri May Alter Bible

expert thinks ancient papyri may alter bible london sitting la in a fireproof Bre proof room guarded with a steel door and each window protected by iron bars chester beatty amerl american can collector showed a number ot of glass frames containing papyri said to constitute the oldest biblical manuscript in the world considerable comment was caused in scholastic circles by the recent announcement that beatty had succeeded in finding a series of papyri relating to the bible and said to be years older than anything else of the sort discovered whether the translation of the papyri now being prepared by sir frederick kenyon former curator of the british museum and other experts will reveal new versions ot of biblical subjects or not it Is too early to tell explained beatty 1 I do know already he continued that a number ot of minor differences have been noted but I 1 doubt whether they will make it necessary to do more than alter words in the bible I 1 should be surprised if there were any important alterations