Khabouris Institute !?!?

[Paul Younan]

OK, this might be a bit off topic and I'm not trying to start an argument, but that photo disturbs me abit...especially if what the individuals are holding is not a replica....I have to say...should they be touching the pages in this manner with their bare hands? <!-- s:nervous: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/nervous.gif" alt=":nervous:" title="Nervous" /><!-- s:nervous: -->

I grew up in a Church that doesn't allow even printed copies of the Torah and Peshitta to be handled with your bare hands. Maybe I'm living in the dark ages, but it still disturbed me somewhat to see the way they are touching this and just had to say something. <!-- s --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/huh.gif" alt="" title="Huh" /><!-- s -->

James

It would disturb you even more to discover how this precious manuscript, the same age as the Aleppo Codex of the Tanakh, wound up in these people's hands to begin with.