Name: The Shapira scroll: a modern forgery or the most ancient Biblical manuscript ever discovered?
Start: 2025-06-09T14:45:00+1000
End: 2025-06-09T15:45:00+1000

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Monday June 9, 2025 2:45pm - 3:45pm AEST

M1.05 (Informal) - Rm 3

The Shapira Scroll is one of the most controversial biblical manuscripts of all time — and it is now lost. But what exactly is it? Many have dismissed it as a worthless forgery from the 1800s, while a few have proposed that it is a 2,000-year-old abridgement of Deuteronomy. Idan will make the case that it actually contains an incredibly early edition of Deuteronomy — one that differs fundamentally from the canonical text.

Speakers

Idan Dorshav Dershowitz

Idan Dorshav Dershowitz joined the Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation (ACJC) at Monash University in 2024. He was previously Director of the School of Jewish Theology at the University of Potsdam. He is the author of "The Dismembered Bible" and "The Valediction of Moses."

Monday June 9, 2025 2:45pm - 3:45pm AEST
M1.05 (Informal) - Rm 3

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Idan Dorshav Dershowitz

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