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Oklahomans help acquire items for Bible museum

 
BY CARLA HINTON | Published: April 1, 2010    Comment on this article Leave a comment

Leaders of the Oklahoma-owned Hobby Lobby retail chain have acquired hundreds of Bible artifacts and are helping to open a museum.

photo - Portions of the Codex Climaci Rescriptus, one of the earliest near-complete Bibles, will be featured in the National Bible Museum. Photo Provided
Portions of the Codex Climaci Rescriptus, one of the earliest near-complete Bibles, will be featured in the National Bible Museum. Photo Provided

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Steve Green, president of Hobby Lobby, said Wednesday his family has been helping to develop the National Bible Museum. He said he and museum leaders are evaluating several sites, including Dallas.

Green said the idea of a museum housing Bible collections and items of historical biblical significance captured his family’s interest about four years ago. He said his family became involved in acquiring artifacts in the past year.

"We have had passed down to us, from my parents and my grandparents, a love for God’s word and have been passionate about that,” he said. "We believe in the Bible and believe it’s the most incredible book that’s ever been written.”

Green said Dallas is the top of museum leaders’ list of possible sites.

"That doesn’t mean that if another great location in another metro area came up, we wouldn’t look at it, though I think it needs to be one of the larger metro areas in the country, and I think they would agree as well,” Green said.

About the museum
The museum is a nonprofit organization co-founded by historian Scott Carroll, a professor at Cornerstone University in Michigan, along with
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