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1 online resource (1 audio file (9hr., 08 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by the author. |
| Summary |
In the summer of 1883, Moses Wilhelm Shapira-archaeological treasure hunter and denizen of Jerusalem's bustling marketplace-arrived unannounced in London claiming to have discovered the world's oldest Bible scroll. When news of the discovery leaked to the excited English press, Shapira became a household name. But before the British Museum could acquire them, Shapira's nemesis, French archaeologist Charles Clermont-Ganneau, denounced his find as a fraud. Humiliated, Shapira fled the country. Six months later he was dead. With the discovery of the eerily similar Dead Sea Scrolls in 1947, investigators reopened the case, wondering whether the ill-fated merchant had, in fact, discovered the first Dead Sea Scroll, decades before the rest. But by then Shapira's scrolls had vanished. Award-winning journalist Chanan Tigay set out to find the scrolls and determine Shapira's guilt or innocence for himself. The globetrotting hunt that follows vibrates with the suspense of a classic detective tale. Weaving meticulous research into fast-paced storytelling, Tigay spins a remarkable tale of history and theology; intrigue and scandal; greed, ambition, and the struggle for authenticity. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Shapira, Mozes Ṿilhelm, 1830?-1884 -- Forgeries.
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Bible -- Manuscripts, Hebrew -- Forgeries.
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Bible. Deuteronomy -- Manuscripts, Hebrew.
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Forgers -- Israel -- History.
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| Added Author |
Tigay, Chanan.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781515923428 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1515923428 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT11629898 |
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