by Ross Nichols | Aug 13, 2024
As the second week of Ginsburg’s analysis came to an end, and with public interest on the rise, two of the leather strips were placed on display in a poorly-lit glass case in the King’s Library of the British Museum. Each day, between the hours of ten and four, under...
by Ross Nichols | Aug 11, 2024
On Saturday, 11 August 1883, Christian Ginsburg published his first of three installments in The Athenæum. The first publication gave readers the Hebrew text and an English translation of the Ten Words as presented in the manuscript. Additionally, Ginsburg...
by Ross Nichols | Aug 10, 2024
On Friday, 10 August 1883, The Jewish Chronicle featured two articles, both bearing the same title, “The New Manuscript of Deuteronomy.”[1] The New Manuscript of Deuteronomy p. 9 The remarkable “find” of Mr. Shapira, described in another column, comes as a...
by Ross Nichols | Aug 8, 2024
On the afternoon of Tuesday, 7 August 1883, Moses Shapira went to meet Dr. Ginsburg, but after some time of waiting and Ginsburg not showing up, Shapira returned to the Cannon Street Hotel. The next day, from the hotel, Shapira wrote a note to Dr....
by Ross Nichols | Aug 7, 2024
Dr. Ginsburg published this account in The Athenæum with this introductory note: “The following letter, giving an account of the manner in which he came into possession of the fragments of Deuteronomy, was kindly communicated to me by Mr. Shapira:”[1] Cannon...
