Author’s Blog
Live On Air with Barbara Delong of Night Light Radio
In September of 2021, I received an invitation from Barbara Delong, the host of the popular BlogTalkRadio program, Night-Light. She had recently interviewed Dr. James Tabor about some of his work, and he had briefly shared with her the story of Moses Shapira and my...
The Moses Scroll on Coast to Coast AM with George Noory
A friend alerted me this morning that The Moses Scroll was the subject of an interview on the popular program Coast to Coast AM. The program attracts millions of listeners worldwide, primarily because of the fascinating content, clearly a direct result...
Police Daily Report – 9 March 1884 – Moses, My Servant, Is Dead
On Sunday, 9 March 1884, around noon, the Police were notified that a guest of L.C. Wiekera’s Guesthouse, also known as the Willemsbrug Hotel, had not come out of his room since the afternoon of Friday, 7 March. The police report stated the following: [1]...
Truth2U Audio Programs About The Moses Scroll
In each of these programs, Ross K. Nichols and Truth2U host Jono Vandor engage in discussions about various subjects presented in The Moses Scroll. All of these programs are hosted on the Truth2U site, but Jono Vandor has gracisouly permitted me to post these...
Menahem Mansoor – Disturbing the Scholarly Calm
Travel writer, explorer, and journalist John Hillaby broke the news of an exciting story for The New York Times readers with an article submitted from London on 12 August 1956. The story was a revival of “the case of a man who committed suicide seventy years...
The Price of The Moses Scroll Has Dropped But The Value Remains the Same
In July of 1885, the manuscript strips that Shapira presented to scholars in Europe were sold by Sotheby, Wilkinson, and Hodge, the famous auctioneers of the Strand, London. Listed as Lot 302, the description said, “The Schapira Manuscripts. Deuteronomy in Hebrew. 7...