Several ancient Bible fragments stolen from Museum of the Bible

The Museum of the Bible has acknowledged that as many as 17 ancient Bible fragments in its collection were apparently stolen by Oxford University professor Dirk Obbink, a U.S. native who won a MacArthur Foundation ‘genius’ grant in 2001 for his study of antiquities. Obbink is believed to have sold the artifacts while editing the Oxyrhynchus Papyri, the largest collection of ancient papyri in the world, which is held by the Egypt Exploration Society. (RNS)