Does any of the forged material attempt to add content to the "story"? Like in art, there are copies of known work, and there are the more complex and daring pieces that attempt to create something new, something the artist would have painted "next". And so they add to the story of that artist and his or her life and work. When discovered as a forgery, in some cases, they greatly diminish the entire body of that artist's work. Is that what's going on here? I guess we don't know what a good portion of the real scrolls say. A forgery would have to include portions of text that have not yet been published, otherwise it would be an obvious copy and of no real significance. Are these forgeries attempting to add content to the history of religious text? Have they changed the way we interpret the Bible? Cause that'd be pretty ballzy.
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