More Dubious Dead Sea Scrolls

Four Pre-2002 Fragments in the Schøyen Collection

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ID21586207
AuthorsÅrstein Justnes (0000-0001-6448-0507, University of Agder Norway Kristiansand), Josephine Munch Rasmussen (0000-0002-8039-3718, University of Agder Norway Kristiansand)
Year2021
Volume28
Issue1
Pages20-37
Publication date2021-01-14
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDead Sea Discoveries (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0929-0761 • E-ISSN: 1568-5179
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1163/15685179-bja10001
OpenAlexW3121365184
LanguageEN
Citations received2
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In the course of the last eighteen years more than 75 new “Dead Sea Scrolls” fragments have surfaced on the antiquities market. These are commonly referred to as post-2002 Dead Sea Scrolls-like fragments. A growing number of scholars regard a substantial part of them as forgeries. In this article, we will discuss four more dubious fragments, but this time from the 20th Century—or at least from pre-2002 . Two of the fragments have been known since the late nineties and are published in the DJD series. One was published in Revue de Qumran (2003), and one in Gleanings from the Caves (2016). All four are today accepted as part of the Dead Sea Scrolls dataset even though they are unprovenanced and have made-up—or at least very adaptable—lists of previous owners. In this article, we will critically review their provenance and discuss the lack of proper interest in provenance on the part of the collector who owns them and the scholars who published them

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Biblical studies · Dead sea · Dead Sea Scrolls · Hebrew Bible · Jewish studies · Judaism · Literature · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Classics · History · Geology · Oceanography

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