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The Lost Book of Moses: The Hunt for the World's Oldest Bible by Tigay, Chanan
by Tigay, Chanan | PB | Acceptable
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A book with obvious wear. May have some damage to the cover but integrity still intact. The binding may be slightly damaged but integrity is still intact. Possible writing in margins, possible underlining and highlighting of text, but no missing pages or anything that would compromise the legibility or understanding of the text.
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller Notes
- Binding
- Paperback
- Weight
- 0 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 9780062206428
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0062206427
ISBN-13
9780062206428
eBay Product ID (ePID)
229798621
Product Key Features
Book Title
Lost Book of Moses : the Hunt for the World's Oldest Bibles
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2017
Topic
Antiquities & Archaeology, Biblical Biography / General, Expeditions & Discoveries
Genre
Religion, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
13.9 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
an intriguing and wide-ranging tale. . . . A work of broad appeal, for the history buff and mystery lover alike.|9780062206428|
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Decimal
098/.3
Synopsis
In 1883, Moses Wilhelm Shapira arrived unannounced in London claiming to have discovered the world's oldest Bible scroll in a desert cave east of the Dead Sea. With his phenomenal find, Shapira swiftly became world famous--but, just as quickly, his scroll was discredited as a clever forgery. With the discovery of the eerily similar Dead Sea Scrolls in 1947, however, investigators reopened the case, wondering whether Shapira had, in fact, discovered the first Dead Sea Scroll, seven decades before the rest. Here, in a globetrotting narrative with all the suspense of a classic detective story, award- winning journalist Chanan Tigay sets out to find the scrolls and determine Shapira's guilt or innocence for himself., One man s quest to find the oldest Bible scrolls in the world and uncover the story of the brilliant, doomed antiquarian accused of forging them. In the summer of 1883, Moses Wilhelm Shapira archaeological treasure hunter and inveterate social climber showed up unannounced in London claiming to have discovered the oldest copy of the Bible in the world. But before the museum could pony up his 1 million asking price for the scrolls which discovery called into question the divine authorship of the scriptures Shapira s nemesis, the French archaeologist Charles Clermont-Ganneau, denounced the manuscripts, turning the public against him. Distraught over this humiliating public rebuke, Shapira fled to the Netherlands and committed suicide. Then, in 1947 the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered. Noting the similarities between these and Shapira s scrolls, scholars made efforts to re-examine Shapira s case, but it was too late: the primary piece of evidence, the parchment scrolls themselves had mysteriously vanished. Tigay, journalist and son of a renowned Biblical scholar, was galvanized by this peculiar story and this indecipherable man, and became determined to find the scrolls. He sets out on a quest that takes him to Australia, England, Holland, Germany where he meets Shapira s still aggrieved descendants and Jerusalem where Shapira is still referred to in the present tense as a Naughty boy . He wades into museum storerooms, musty English attics, and even the Jordanian gorge where the scrolls were said to have been found all in a tireless effort to uncover the truth about the scrolls and about Shapira, himself. At once historical drama and modern-day mystery, The Lost Book of Moses explores the nineteenth-century disappearance of Shapira s scrolls and Tigay's globetrotting hunt for the ancient manuscript. As it follows Tigay s trail to the truth, the book brings to light a flamboyant, romantic, devious, and ultimately tragic personality in a story that vibrates with the suspense of a classic detective tale. "
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