Thread by @AvishayBSG

You have to read this from. Seriously.

And now for a personal story. Three years ago, @IdanDershowitz seemed especially frazzled in our usual shul schmooze. 1/ nytimes.com/2021/03/10/art…

When I asked him why, he told me that he can't tell me yet, but that he might be on to something that'll change much of what we know about how the Bible was formed. 2/

As time went on and I learned more about what he was working on—the oldest biblical document, long considered a forgery for many wrong reasons—I came to share his excitement. As he was working on deciphering the text, and working through its ramifications, 3/

my appreciation for Idan's work and for the enormity of what he had in his hands grew. Not to mention the courage needed as a young scholar to pursue such revolutionary work. Read this article, then read @IdanDershowitz's book, then join in the conversation of a century.

Here's the open access link to the book @IdanDershowitz just published, with an edition of original and a translation:
academia.edu/45450947/The_V…

and the scholarly article:
degruyter.com/document/doi/1…

The OP of this thread was of course meant to mention @jennyschuessler for this extremely well written essay on this story.