AMMAN (AP).- Jordan’s archaeology chief says he has a solid legal case to press for the return of 70 ancient lead books stolen and smuggled into Israel Ziad al-Saad says the relics could be the earliest Christian writing in existence. If authenticat…
Google Partners with Israel Antiquities Authority to Bring Dead Sea Scrolls Online
JERUSALEM.- As part of the celebrations on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of its establishment, the Israel Antiquities Authority is launching a unique project – The Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library – to document the entire col…
New York Lawyer Convicted in Dead Sea Scrolls Case
By: Colleen Long, Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK (AP).- A scholar’s son was convicted Thursday of using online aliases to harass and discredit his father’s detractors in a heated academic debate over the origins of the Dead Sea Scrolls. A Manhattan j…
Son in NY Dead Sea Scrolls Case: There’s No Crime
NEW YORK (AP).- A lawyer charged with impersonating a Judaic studies professor online took the witness stand in his defense Monday, offering jurors a history lesson on the Dead Sea Scrolls and arguing his attempts to defend his father’s lifelong resear…