Comparing The Reading And The Lecture: The Copper Scroll

Both the reading and the lecture discuss The Copper Scroll. While the passage claims that the hidden treasure stated in the scroll isn’t real, the speaker argues the claim by supporting stance with evidences.
According to the passage, the scroll is just a story from ancient Israel with purpose to entertain people just like others similar traditional stories that were found back then. In response, the speakers, put on a point, that the scroll is using a highly technical language which were not found in the traditional stories. Whereas the passage says that the amount of the treasure is too large to be real as it worth around one billion dollars today, the speakers argues that the amount is possibly smaller because the different measurement in