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Regarding the "Shapira Scrolls," I read two fascinating articles from @TheJQR which include a discussion with Shapira's dealer Salim about the marketplace $ production of forgeries in late 19th century Palestine, & some damning details concerning the Shapira Scrolls...

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The first piece is by Abraham Shalom Yahuda (1877-1951), born in Jerusalem, a bibliophile, linguist, polymath & antiquities collector with contacts in the antiquities market in Palestine. He would end his career at the New School in NYC.

Fascinating guy: blog.nli.org.il/en/yahuda/
In 1944, he wrote an article about his visit to Palestine in 1902, and his encounter with the "dragoman" Salim.

Yahuda quickly realized that this was none other than the "self-same Salim" responsible for the infamous forged Moabite antiquities sold in 1872 by M. W. Shapira.

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Special #ShapiraBookClub edition:
James Tabor with an interesting but ultimately discouraging post on Shapira's Deuteronomy strips
jamestabor.com/moses-shapira-…
h/t @ReligionProf
What's discouraging is that scholars continue to publicly pronounce that they think blatant forgeries might be genuine & that we need to keep having pointless debates about them for decades.
Here, not just Tabor but archaeologist Shimon Gibson. Image
Look who else think Shapira's Deuteronomy was authentic @arsteinjustnes Image
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