Even Scholars Make Mistakes

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In June 2013, when Professor Mauro Perani of the University of Bologna announced that he discovered the oldest existent Torah scroll – some eight hundred years old – the feat was celebrated across the world.  In fact, his “discovery” is a testament to scholarly error.  Apparently, the scroll was stored away in the university archives, mislabeled as a scroll from the eighteenth century.  Great and learned scholars are just as prone to make mistakes as anyone.  The issue is what to do when those mistakes are uncovered.

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What lies behind you and what lies ahead of you pales in comparison to what lies inside you.

– Ralph Waldo Emerson

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