London’s First Look at Shapira’s Leather MSS

Facebook Twitter 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 “on sheepskin in characters closely resembling those of the Moabite Stone, … Continue reading London’s First Look at Shapira’s Leather MSS