Nine Dubious 'Dead Sea Scrolls' Fragments from the Twenty-First Century

Submitted by Shiran Shevah on Wed, 27/09/2017 - 11:47
Updated by: 
Shiran Shevah
Research notes: 
SHS/not checked/27/09/2017
Reference type: 
Journal Article
Author(s): 
Davis, Kipp
Rabin, Ira
Feldman, Ines
Krutzsch, Myriam
Rimon, Hasia
Justnes, Årstein
Elgvin, Torleif
Langlois, Michael
year: 
2017
Full title: 

Nine Dubious 'Dead Sea Scrolls' Fragments from the Twenty-First Century

Journal / Book Title || Series Title: 
Dead Sea Discoveries
Volume: 
24
Issue / Series Volume: 
2
Abbreviated Series Name: 
DSD
Pages: 
189-228
Work type: 
Essay/Monograph
Abstract: 

In 2002 new “Dead Sea Scrolls” fragments began to appear on the antiquities market, most of them through the Kando family. In this article we will present evidence that nine of these Dead Sea Scrolls-like fragments are modern forgeries.

URL: 
http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.1163/15685179-12341428
Label: 
16/10/2017
Record number: 
103 112