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April 18, 1984
from
JohnAllegro Website
The Dead Sea
Scrolls: A Cover-up?
Produced and
broadcast by Ian Walker
Piccadilly Radio
Manchester, England
Why, after 30 years, was John Allegro the only scholar to have
published all the scroll texts allotted to him? Why were the others
so reluctant to discuss differences of interpretation, or welcome
the light that the scrolls shed on the origins of Christianity?
None of the four scholars interviewed (Allegro, Yadin,
Benoit and Broshi) accepts the popular conspiracy theory about a deliberate
cover-up. But Allegro holds that, though not amounting to
suppression, he definitely experienced a go-slow, a reluctance to
challenge or even debate accepted views on the uniqueness of the
gospel story.
The
Pharmacratic Inquisition 2007
(John Allegro Sample)
Jul 7, 2007
www.gnosticmedia.com
John Marco Allegro (born in London 17 February 1923, died 17
February 1988) was a freethinker who challenged orthodox views on
the Dead Sea ... all Scrolls, the Bible and the history of
religion.
After service in the Royal Navy during World War II, Allegro started
to train for the Methodist ministry but transferred to a degree in
Oriental Studies at the University of Manchester. In 1953 he was
invited to become the first British representative on the
international team working on the recently discovered Dead Sea
Scrolls in Jordan.
The following year he was appointed assistant
lecturer in Comparative Semitic Philology at Manchester, and held a
succession of lectureships there until he resigned in 1970 to become
a full-time writer. In 1961 he was made Honorary Adviser on the Dead
Sea scrolls to the Jordanian government. What happened next will no
doubt change the course of religious history! Watch this short video
and see for yourself.
For more information visit:
http://www.johnallegro.org and
http://www.pharmacratic-inquisition.com
This is the only video clip from "The Pharmacratic Inquisition 2007"
DVD that has been authorized by Gnostic Media to be shared online;
it was uploaded with our permission.
This section was
narrated by Jan Irvin with audio clips John Marco Allegro.
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