Movie Club
The Lying Pen Movie Club shows movies and documentaries related to the research topics of the Lying Pen of Scribes group.… Read More Movie Club
Author: Ludvik A. Kjeldsberg
As a PhD research fellow at the university of Agder in Norway, I'm currently exploring the exhibitions of Dead Sea Scrolls in the US.
International Guests
2024 Date Name Affiliation 2 September–30 November Stephen A Reed University of Jamestown 20–27 October Michael B. Johnson Albright Institute, Jerusalem 2022 Date Name Affiliation 8 August–3 January Stephen A Reed University of Jamestown 26–30 June Joseph Scales Independent scholar/University of Birmingham 2020 Date Name Affiliation 12–14 March Eibert Tigchelaar KU Leuven 7–15 March Stephen… Read More International Guests
Scattered Fragments, Full Histories: Accessing, Constructing, and Faking the Dead Sea Scrolls
On the 4th of June 2024, the Lying Pen of Scribes research project hosts a symposium entitled “Scattered Fragments, Full Histories: Accessing, Reconstructing, and Faking the Dead Sea Scrolls” at Hotel Norge in Kristiansand, Norway.… Read More Scattered Fragments, Full Histories: Accessing, Constructing, and Faking the Dead Sea Scrolls
Brown-Bag Seminars
The Lying Pen of Scribes arranges brown-bag seminars at the University of Agder, Campus Kristiansand, which is a good opportunity to engage in scholarly discussion. Dates, room number, and program are listed in the table below. Autumn 2019 If nothing else is indicated, the seminars take place between 12:00 am and 12:45 pm. Date… Read More Brown-Bag Seminars
Exhibitions Featuring Post-2002 Dead Sea Scrolls-like Fragments
By Ludvik A. Kjeldsberg [First published: 27 May 2018] Between 2002 and 2018, there have been more than 40 exhibitions of post-2002 Dead Sea Scrolls-like fragments, mostly in the United States, but also in Singapore, Germany, the Vatican, and in South America. The table below is an attempt to list all the exhibits that have… Read More Exhibitions Featuring Post-2002 Dead Sea Scrolls-like Fragments
Exhibitions Featuring the Gabriel Stone: A Chronological List
By Ludvik A. Kjeldsberg and Årstein Justnes [First published: 2 Sep 2019] [N]ever have I imagined that an item of my collection would be published on the front page of the New York Times, would have more than a million search results in the internet, would be the subject of many articles and books, would… Read More Exhibitions Featuring the Gabriel Stone: A Chronological List
God’s Library, Gabriel’s Stone, and Forgers’ Bookshelves: On Dating, Faking, and Trafficking
University of Agder, Monday 22 October 2018, room A7-006. Programme 10.15–11.30: New Evidence for the Date and Provenance of P.Ryl. 3.457 (P52) Brent Nongbri, Honorary Research Fellow at Macquarie University, Sydney 11.30–11.45: Coffee and tea 11.45–12.30: Historical Contexts of Forgeries: The Philippine-American Case Christa Wirth, University of Agder 12.30–13.30: Lunch 13.30–14.15: Not even close. The… Read More God’s Library, Gabriel’s Stone, and Forgers’ Bookshelves: On Dating, Faking, and Trafficking
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