One Week in Leipzig – 30 June-6 July 1883

One Week in Leipzig – 30 June-6 July 1883

by | 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...
Unveiling The Moabite Scandal

Unveiling The Moabite Scandal

by | 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...
Moses Shapira’s Manuscript and an Easter to Remember

Moses Shapira’s Manuscript and an Easter to Remember

by | Apr 20, 2025

“Dort in einem Geldschrank, unter anderen Werthsachen, blieb die Handschrift unberührt liegen bis Ostern 1883.” [There, in a safe, among other valuables, the manuscript remained untouched until Easter 1883.] In the summer of 1878, Moses Wilhelm Shapira came to acquire...
8 March – A Date of Death and Disappearance

8 March – A Date of Death and Disappearance

by | Mar 7, 2023

In one of those strange coincidences of history, one date, the 8th of March, proved significant in the Shapira story – a date of death and disappearance. Moses Wilhelm Shapira was found dead in a hotel room in Rotterdam on 9 March 1884 after hotel staff realized that...
The Moses Scroll After Two Years

The Moses Scroll After Two Years

by | Feb 25, 2023

24 February marked the anniversary of the publication of The Moses Scroll. Two years later, I am reflecting on the book’s success. So many readers worldwide purchased and read the book that it achieved Amazon’s #1 New Release in two non-fiction categories...