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It& #39;s the @museumofbible thread you& #39;ve been waiting for. A brief tour through the gift shop! 1/16
First up: you can buy a shofar, and then also a DVD featuring a Messianic Jewish man teaching you how to make "biblical use" of it. 2/16
You can buy this book, which suggests among other things that people need deep-sea diving equipment if they& #39;re going to find the Garden of Eden. No author listed. Don& #39;t despair, though, bc I& #39;ve done the research and can say without a doubt that its content is modified from...3/16
THIS 1998 book (without attribution) written by someone called Timothy J. Dailey. You can catch Dailey here talking about alien encounters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzpgwZqxBNU">https://www.youtube.com/watch... 4/16
Next up: this "devotional book" which *does * have authors listed. Both were apparently hired as freelancers online. One reports that they never contacted each other. In Asher Reich& #39;s author bio, it indicates that he also writes for Quora. 5/16
Here are screenshots indicating some of the questions he has tackled on that platform 6/16
Next, you can buy this book written by two members of the MOTB "founding family." Pretty clear signs of plagiarism, as I& #39;ve documented. 7/16
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A paperweight depicting Vashti 8/16
"Biblical nuts in honey" with this verse quoted in the description: "I went down into the garden of nuts to see the blossoms of the valley" (Song of Solomon 6:11, MSG). 9/16
A "widow& #39;s mite" bracelet that makes a parable come to life but also helps its wearer keep it close 10/16
A branded fanny pack 11/16
Gold Bar Nano Bible Necklace
"There is more to this necklace than meets the eye. On the surface is a 1" long rectangular gold piece while the underside reveals a 5×5 mm chip containing the world& #39;s smallest Bible. Wear this necklace to carry the Bible close to your heart." 12/16
"There is more to this necklace than meets the eye. On the surface is a 1" long rectangular gold piece while the underside reveals a 5×5 mm chip containing the world& #39;s smallest Bible. Wear this necklace to carry the Bible close to your heart." 12/16
There is also a version that simultaneously holds "Holy Water"...by which they mean water from the Jordan River...here& #39;s the full description, which indicates the maker makes "emotional jewelry" 13/16
Commemorative pins of DC sites with Bible verses, and one of the MOTB 14/16
A replica of a Dead Sea Scroll, advertised as demonstrating fidelity to 10 Commandments "in the form that has been handed down to us today. (On how DSS are used at MOTB, see @Ludvik_A_K& #39;s chapter in our Critical introduction) 15/16
And a bunch of games. Apples to Apples Bible Edition. Has anyone played this? I spy that Billy Graham appears on one card. And a Bible-themed Connect Four 16/16
