Monday, 22 February 2021, 13:00 – 18:00 CET An open one-day workshop gathering Dead Sea Scrolls experts and scholars in analytical and scientific imaging methods.  The workshop is organized as part of The Lying Pen of Scribes – Manuscript Forgeries, Digital Imaging, and Critical Provenance Research (RCN FRIPRO Toppforsk 2019-2024 (https://lyingpen.uia.no/about/). Considering the impact of… Read More Workshop on Scientific Imaging of the Dead Sea Scrolls

[First version: 11 August 2016] [Organized According to the Protestant Old Testament Canon] This list builds upon Eibert Tigchelaar’s authoritative list, “A Provisional List of Unprovenanced, Twenty-First Century, Dead Sea Scrolls-like Fragments” (version 1.0; April 16, 2016; version 2; September 18, 2016), but is organized differently. Statistical observations NB! Only the fragments that have been… Read More A List of Unprovenanced, Post-2002 Dead Sea Scrolls-like Fragments

[First version: 17 August, 2017] No. Content Designations Asking price Purchase price Dealer/seller ➤ Collector/buyer 1 Gen 13:1–3 2003: $250,000 for 4 frgs: Gen 13:1–3; “Genesis 22”; Isa 24:16–17; Isa 26:19–27:1 (William Kando) 2 Words from Genesis 22 dss01 “Genesis Midrash” 2003: $250,000 for 4 frgs: Gen 13:1–3; “Genesis 22”; Isa 24:16–17; Isa 26:19–27:1 (William… Read More The Post-2002 DSS-like Fragments: A Price List

By Årstein Justnes [first version was published 19 August 2016] 2003 Exhibition Catalogue Biondi, Lee. From the Dead Sea Scrolls to the Forbidden Book: A History of the Bible. Dallas. [“Genesis Commentary”/“Genesis Midrash” = Words from Genesis 22, no DSS F.–number; “Isaiah 26:19–21” = Isa 26:19–27:1, no DSS F.–number] 2004 Exhibition Catalogue Biondi, Lee. The Dead Sea… Read More A Lightly Annotated Chronological Bibliography of the Post-2002 Dead Sea Scrolls-like Fragments

1999 Laub, Karin. “Scroll Said Resembles Sea Scrolls.” Washington Post, 27 September. Pfann, Stephen. “Ben Padiah (Angel) Scroll: The ‘Angel Scroll’ or the Book of the Visions of Yeshua ben Padiah.” University of the Holy Land, 27 September. Reeves, Phil. “Missing Dead Sea Scroll ‘Is Found at Last’.” The Independent, 27 September. “Religious Text Could… Read More The Angel Scroll: A Fragmentary Chronological Bibliography

[First version: 12 August 2016] This list builds upon Eibert Tigchelaar’s authoritative list, “A Provisional List of Unprovenanced, Twenty-First Century, Dead Sea Scrolls-like Fragments” (version 1.0, April 16, 2016; version 2, September 18, 2016; published version in DSD 24 [2017]: 173–88). Bibliography Carroll, Scott. “Stones and Scriptures.” Seminar at CCF Center, Manila, 23 February, 2018.… Read More Post-2002 Dead Sea Scrolls-like Fragments: Number of Lines, Measurements, and (Some) Images [preliminary list]

By Årstein Justnes [first version: 2 October 2018] 2007 Yardeni, Ada and Binyamin Elizur. “A First-Century BCE Prophetic Text Written on a Stone: First Publication [Hebrew].” Cathedra 123: 155–66. Knohl, Israel. “In Three Days, You Shall Live.” Ha’aretz, 19 April. Knohl, Israel. “Studies in the Gabriel Revelation [Hebrew].” Tarbiz 76: 303–28. Justnes, Årstein. “Verdens første forskerseminar om… Read More The Gabriel Stone: A Chronological Bibliography

By Årstein Justnes Christian Brady, “New Genesis Text from the Judaean Desert,” Targuman, 17 July 2007: → “Today James Charlesworth presented an image of a fragment (in two parts) that he acquired on 25 October 2006. He said it had been in Zurich since the 50’s and reportedly came from Kando.” → “AMSC14 dates it… Read More The Flexible Provenance of the Museum of the Bible Genesis “Dead Sea Scrolls” Fragment (Gen 31:23–25[?]; 32:3–6, DSS F.191): Three Snapshots

Updated Programme [University of Agder, A7-001] 8:45–9:00 Fruit, coffee, and tea   9:00–9:15 Prof. Årstein Justnes, University of Agder Introduction and welcome   Session I, chair: Prof. Tor Vegge, University of Agder 9:15–10:15 Prof. Michael Langlois, University of Strasbourg “At the Beginning: Early Issues of Authenticity, Provenance and Acquisition of the Scrolls”   10:15-10:30 Short… Read More Conference, 13th of March, 2020 NB! Cancelled #Corona