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To a Place That I will Show You – Moses Shapira’s Account of His Return to the Land of His Fathers
The LORD said to Abram, “Go forth from your native land and from your father’s house to the land that I will show you.” Genesis 12:1, Jewish Publication Society So begins the bible’s narrative of a journey by Abram (later Abraham). In some ways, the story of...
For Scholars To Decide – A Review of The Valediction of Moses
When I decided to write my book, it was because I felt that the story needed a fair hearing – that the Shapira manuscripts demanded a reassessment. Specifically, I wanted to answer the call from those who had gone before, who had suggested that the entire case...
Moses Shapira’s Manuscript and an Easter to Remember
“Dort in einem Geldschrank, unter anderen Werthsachen, blieb die Handschrift unberührt liegen bis Ostern 1883.” [There in a gold cabinet, under other valuable articles, the manuscript lay undisturbed until Easter 1883.] In the summer of 1878, Moses Wilhelm Shapira...
The Moses Scroll – Go Ahead, Judge a Book by its Cover
Everyone has heard the adage, "Don't judge a book by its cover," but in the case of The Moses Scroll, I hope that people do just that. Daniel M. Wright applied his immense talents to design the cover as well as the illustrations within the book. We frequently talked...
Out with the New – The Moses Scroll Beyond New Release Status
Books are classified as New Releases for the first thirty days, and I am very pleased with the reception of The Moses Scroll during the first month since it was published on Amazon. When I published the book, I listed it in the following categories: (1) Religion –...
Did Shapira’s Manuscript Contain Ten or Eleven Commandments?
Some of the more unique features of the manuscript that Shapira presented to the world in 1883 are contained in its version of the Ten Commandments. From the very beginning of the Shapira saga, these unique features created a sense of interest as well as objections....