The Lost Book of Moses
The Quest for the World's Oldest Bible--and the Man Who Wrote It
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The Quest for the World's Oldest Bible--and the Man Who Wrote It
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"After his father tells him the story of archaeological treasure hunter Moses Wilhelm Shapira, who, in 1883, committed suicide after the biblical scrolls he found were denounced by his long-time enemy, an award-winning journalist sets out to determine Shapira's guilt or innocence, in a modern-day mystery,"--NoveList.
In the summer of 1883 Moses Wilhelm Shapira arrived in London claiming to have discovered the world's oldest Bible scroll. Written centuries earlier in the barren plains east of the Dead Sea and stashed away in caves, the mysterious scrolls called into question the divine authorship of the scriptures, taking three thousand years of religious faith and turning them upside down. Before the British Museum could acquire them Shapira's nemesis, French archaeologist Charles Clermont-Ganneau, denounced the find as a fraud. Six months later Shapira was dead; the scrolls vanished. Tigay set out to find the scrolls and determine Shapira's guilt or innocence for himself.
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standard kind of “searching for lost documents” narrative. Very surprised that the editor let a bunch of really questionable things through - like a long and unfunny joke, a reference to Teaneck, NJ that will have most readers scratching their heads and and expletive that begins with Butt....
