Curse of Ham the ark and "was smitten in his skin"; according to another, Noah cursed him because he castrated his father. Although the Talmud refers only to Ham, the version brought in a midrash goes on further to say "Ham, that Cush came from him" in reference to the blackness, that the curse did not apply to all of Ham but only to his eldest son Cush, Cush being a sub-Saharan African. Thus, two distinct traditions existed, one explaining dark skin as the result of a curse on Ham, the other explaining slavery by the separate curse on Canaan. The concepts were
Museum of the Bible Construction. The architectural design team was led by SmithGroupJJR. In October 2018, the museum announced that expert examination led it to conclude that five of its sixteen fragments of Dead Sea Scrolls (bought by founder Steve Green) were forgeries and would no longer be displayed. According to researchers in Germany, those five showed "characteristics inconsistent with ancient origin". The exhibitions intend to offer a scholarly perspective on the impact of the Bible in history. Bible scholar David Trobisch, director of the museum's collections, was hired to advise on new acquisitions, identify the storylines for the museum's exhibits, and supervise a