Author’s Blog
A New Discovery in Jerusalem – 7 July 1880
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...
One Week in Leipzig – 30 June-6 July 1883
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 Kinder Israel. An...
Unveiling The Moabite Scandal
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
“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
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
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...