Portions of the Codex Climaci Rescriptus, one of the earliest near-complete Bibles, will be featured in the National Bible Museum. It's believed to date within a couple of generations of Jesus' life.

Retail Chain Backs Creation of Bible Museum

by Carla Hinton, The Oklahoman

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

Steve Green, president of Hobby Lobby, said recently his family has been helping to develop the National Bible Museum. Green said Dallas is the top of museum leaders' list of possible sites.

The museum is a nonprofit organization co-founded by historian Scott Carroll, a professor at Cornerstone University in Michigan, along with D. Jonathan Shipman and Daniel Centurione.

He said Hobby Lobby recently acquired several items for the museum, including portions of the Codex Climaci Rescriptus, which he said is one of the earliest near-complete Bibles in the world. Carroll said the artifacts are significant because they make up the only surviving text of New Testament Scriptures written in Jesus' household language.

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Editor's Note: A time reference was updated from the original version of this story.