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Five Features of Modern Dead Sea Scrolls Forgeries in Private Collections and Museums

Are there forgeries in the Dead Sea Scrolls? Since 2002, a sudden market of so-called Dead Sea Scrolls fragments have been advertised and acquired by private collections. Today, at least five major collections hold such fragments: Museum of the Bible, Azusa Pacific University, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Lanier Theological Library, and The Schøyen Collection. Though first sensationalized, now many are suspicious of their authenticity. While some are original though unprovenanced, many items in these private collections are indeed modern forgeries. This vlog explores five scribal, material, and textual features that suggest some of these items are fake. For more on the ongoing quest for forgeries, follow the "Lying Pen of Scribes" project (https://www.lyingpen.com). For more on the advanced, scientific approaches for identifying forgeries, see the following articles: Kipp Davis, “Caves of Dispute: Patterns of Correspondence and Suspicion in the Post-2002 ‘Dead Sea Scrolls’ Fragments,” Dead Sea Discoveries 24 (2017): 229–70. Kipp Davis, Ira Rabin, Ines Feldman, Myriam Krutzsch, Hasia Rimon, Årstein Justnes, Torleif Elgvin, and Michael Langlois “Nine Dubious ‘Dead Sea Scrolls’ Fragments from the Twenty-First Century,” Dead Sea Discoveries 24 (2017): 1–40. Torleif Elgvin and Michael Langlois, “Looking Back: (More) Dead Sea Scrolls Forgeries in the Schøyen Collection,” Revue de Qumran 113 (2019): 111–33. Thanks for watching and please SUBSCRIBE for updates on future content!