by Ross Nichols | Aug 6, 2025
Having read the newspaper reports in The Times and The Jewish Chronicle over the previous weekend from his room in the Cannon Street Hotel, Shapira knew that he had to provide his side of the Moabitica scandal since it was obvious that this unfortunate incident had...
by Ross Nichols | Jul 25, 2025
On 20 July 1883, Moses Wilhelm Shapira arrived unannounced at 1 Adam Street in London, the Palestine Exploration Fund (PEF) headquarters. Walter Besant, the secretary of the PEF, greeted him. Shapira informed Besant that he had brought a manuscript to London written...
by Ross Nichols | Jul 6, 2025
A New Discovery in Jerusalem[1] On 7 July 1880, Albert Socin published an article informing the readers of the Journal of the German Palestine Association of a new discovery in Jerusalem. That discovery would become known as the Siloam Inscription. The...
by Ross Nichols | Jun 30, 2025
If you’re interested in the Shapira affair, you might be interested in reading the sole academic treatment of Shapira’s sixteen leather strips from the 19th century, Herman Guthe’s Fragmente einer Lederhandschrift enthaltend Mose’s Letzte rede an die...
by Ross Nichols | Jun 15, 2025
For immediate release from Horeb Press: Unveiling the Moabite Scandal: A Journey into the Greatest Controversy in Biblical Archaeology Dear Friends and Followers, In 2021, I published The Moses Scroll and shortly thereafter announced a prequel, The Moabite Scandal, to...
