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Oxford Professor Allegedly Sold Stolen Ancient Manuscripts To Hobby Lobby. Now They Are Suing Him For $7 Million

Jon Brown
Oxford Professor Allegedly Sold Stolen Ancient Manuscripts To Hobby Lobby. Now They Are Suing Him For $7 Million
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Hobby Lobby sued an Oxford professor for $7 million after he allegedly sold them ancient biblical manuscript fragments that he stole from the university.

The retail company alleges that Dirk Obbink, a 64-year-old former professor of papyrology at Oxford University, sold them troves of ancient papyrus and artifacts worth more than $7 million between 2010 and 2013, according to The Christian Post.

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