The Qumran Con: A Dead Sea Scrolls Memoir by Golb, Raphael

The Qumran Con: A Dead Sea Scrolls Memoir

Why did Professor Norman Golb of the famed Oriental Institute need to be silenced? Why did a...
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Author: Raphael Golb
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The Qumran Con: A Dead Sea Scrolls Memoir by Golb, Raphael

The Qumran Con: A Dead Sea Scrolls Memoir

¥12,999

The Qumran Con: A Dead Sea Scrolls Memoir

¥12,999
Author: Raphael Golb
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

Why did Professor Norman Golb of the famed Oriental Institute need to be silenced? Why did a small clique monopolize access and publication rights to the Dead Sea Scrolls for more than four decades? Why does the truth matter about where the scrolls came from?

And what do these questions have to do with scholarly ethics, freedom of speech, and the criminal justice system?

In this documented memoir, Raphael Golb exposes the inside story of the Dead Sea Scrolls controversy and its scandals. He describes how he himself became involved in the controversy-and ended up fighting to stay out of Rikers Island.

For over seventy years, the true historical significance of the scrolls has been obscured by the institutional influence of a threatened scholarly establishment. Never were the stakes made clearer than when powerful Manhattan DA Robert Morgenthau took action to protect the reputation of well-connected scroll figures, both in New York and across the United States.

Raphael Golb's memoir of his journey through the system-in a case that almost reached the Supreme Court-poses the question of where we stand with the First Amendment today. While reigniting the great debate over who wrote the scrolls, Golb's account also sheds light on broader issues involving academic revolutions, censorship, and how easily power can be abused in a democratic society.

"Institutions and museums, international conferences and books may ostracize the scholar who transmits a new message ... A crisis emerges ... Eventually ... the new paradigm gradually gains adherents and replaces the old." - Joel Kraemer (2012 essay on Norman Golb)



Author: Raphael Golb
Publisher: Archway Publishing
Published: 06/17/2024
Pages: 524
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.03lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.31d
ISBN: 9781665758291

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