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  • Woman looks at the Dead Sea Scrolls on display at the caves of Qumran.
    Woman looks at the Dead Sea Scrolls on display at the caves of Qumran.
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    Germany: Dead Sea Scrolls Don’t Belong to Israel

    Frankfurt museum refuses to guarantee the scrolls’ return if they’re claimed by Palestinians

    byLiel Leibovitz
  • Chanan Tigay.
    Chanan Tigay.
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    The Mysteries of Moses

    Questions about an ancient set of scrolls—older than the Dead Sea Scrolls—led author Chanan Tigay around the world. Then the answer appeared in the library across from his office.

    byBeth Kissileff
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    Researchers: Ancient Scroll Discovered in Israel Contains Verses From Leviticus

    New technologies have enabled scientists to decipher burnt parchment unearthed in the 1970s

    byJas Chana
  • (Edward Tuckwell)
    (Edward Tuckwell)
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    A Trip to the Library

    ‘This is a report on a library trip to Israel from a bookish girl who is now a bookish old lady’

    byAnne Roiphe
  • (Ben-Zvi Institute)
    (Ben-Zvi Institute)
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    The Continuing Mysteries of the Aleppo Codex

    Developments in the saga of the missing perfect copy of the Hebrew Bible, whose future is still unknown

    byMatti Friedman
  • A conservation analyst from the Israeli Antiquities department prepares fragments of the Dead Sea scrolls on December 18, 2012 in Jerusalem, Israel. (Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
    A conservation analyst from the Israeli Antiquities department prepares fragments of the Dead Sea scrolls on December 18, 2012 in Jerusalem, Israel. (Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
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    Dead Sea Scrolls Found in Israeli Storeroom

    The nine unopened scrolls were discovered in 1952 but never investigated

    byHannah Dreyfus
  • Raphael Golb and his attorney Ron Kuby in court on Nov. 18, 2010.(Steven Hirsch/Splash News)
    Raphael Golb and his attorney Ron Kuby in court on Nov. 18, 2010.(Steven Hirsch/Splash News)
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    Dead Sea Scrolls Go to Court

    A brilliant young Harvard Ph.D. faces jail for impersonating a Bible scholar—and rival of his father

    byBatya Ungar-Sargon
  • 16th- to 17th-century Hebrew book of Psalms, said to be from Bamiyan area.(Jonathan Lee)
    16th- to 17th-century Hebrew book of Psalms, said to be from Bamiyan area.(Jonathan Lee)
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    War Papers

    A trove of medieval scrolls, smuggled out of Afghanistan into the hands of London art dealers, could shed new light on a once-vibrant Jewish heritage

    byJonathan Lee
  • (Le Sélect Bistro by Sifu Renka; some rights reserved)
    (Le Sélect Bistro by Sifu Renka; some rights reserved)
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    Bistro Takes a Stand

    Anti-Dead Sea Scroll exhibit, pro-restaurant rights

    byHadara Graubart
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