Eloy
Gold Member
You are mistaken again; the Dead Sea Scrolls are still being studied and scholars have no definitive explanation of their origin. It was believed that they were the writings of a Jewish sect since some of the texts were from the Bible but there were other texts too. Naturally, modern Christian scholars see them as important for shedding light on their religion which has its roots in Judaism. So, to claim that they are the artifacts exclusively of modern Judaism is wrong as Christians have an equal claim on their significance for their culture and religion.The ownership belongs to humanity and the Palestinians contest that Israel owns them.
The cultural artifacts of the Jewish people, written in Hebrew (the language of the Jewish people) and giving the narrative of the religious faith, histories, myths, legends of Jewish people are the cultural heritage of the Jewish people and as such must be under the guardianship and caretakership of the Jewish people.
Surely you don't pretend to suggest that the guardianship of Egyptian artifacts, say the Amarna Letters, should be under the caretakership of the Japanese, do you?