A Lightly Annotated Chronological Bibliography of the Post-2002 Dead Sea Scrolls-like Fragments

By Årstein Justnes[first version was published 19 August 2016] 2003Exhibition CatalogueBiondi, 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] 2004Exhibition CatalogueBiondi, Lee. The Dead Sea Scrolls to the Bible in America:… Read More A Lightly Annotated Chronological Bibliography of the Post-2002 Dead Sea Scrolls-like Fragments

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Post-2002 Dead Sea Scrolls-like Fragments Online: A (Really Exhausting) Guide for the Perplexed

Post-2002 Dead Sea Scrolls-like Fragments Online

By Årstein Justnes and Ludvik A. Kjeldsberg 2003“Dead Sea Scrolls Fragment Will Be Publicly Displayed Outside A Museum for the First Time Ever.” PR Newswire, 26 June.→ Isa 26:19–27:1 (no DSS F.–number) [dead link] Davila, Jim. “Now Here’s Something Different.” PaleoJudaica.com, 26 June. Smith, Samuel. “Seminary family gets rare glimpse at 2,200-year-old Dead Sea fragment.” Baptist… Read More Post-2002 Dead Sea Scrolls-like Fragments Online: A (Really Exhausting) Guide for the Perplexed

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A List of Unprovenanced Post-2002 Dead Sea Scrolls-like Fragments

[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

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“American Priest, later serving in Switzerland”: On Provenance

By Årstein Justnes and Ludvik A. Kjeldsberg Most of the post-2002 Dead Sea Scrolls-like fragments come with stories. The following list presents information that we have been able to gather about their alleged provenance. The list is organized chronologically, starting with the first frgs surfacing in 2002–3 and ending with frgs that have been “launched”… Read More “American Priest, later serving in Switzerland”: On Provenance

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The Angel Scroll: A Fragmentary Chronological Bibliography

1999 Gross, Netty C. “The Mystery of the Angel Scroll: Find of the Century or Elaborate Hoax?” The Jerusalem Report, 11 October [prepublished online earlier? 26 Sept?]: 40–44. Reeves, Phil. “Missing Dead Sea Scroll ‘Is Found at Last’.” The Independent, 26 September. Laub, Karin. “Scroll Said Resembles Sea Scrolls.” Washington Post, 27 September. Pfann, Stephen.… Read More The Angel Scroll: A Fragmentary Chronological Bibliography

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Workshop on Scientific Imaging of the Dead Sea Scrolls

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

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The Gabriel Stone: A Chronological Bibliography

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

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