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    Why did M.W. Shapira die by his own hand in March 1884?

    Question #100824. Asked by BRY2K. (Nov 07 08 5:34 AM)


    krzys44

    		Moses Wilhelm Shapira

    "In 1883, M.H. Shapira, a Jerusalem antiquities dealer, offered to sell fragments of an ancient manuscript of the biblical book of Deuteronomy. On examination by leading scholars of the day, the manuscripts were found to be forgeries. Disgraced and humiliated, Shapira committed suicide in 1884."

    http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/deadsea.scrolls.exhibit/Today/lc.rel.mats.today.html

    Nov 07 08, 5:46 AM
    deepakmr

    		In 1883 Shapira presented what is now known as the Shapira Strips, fragments of supposedly ancient parchment he claimed to have found near the Dead Sea. Shapira sought to sell them to the British Museum for a million pounds, and allowed them to exhibit two of the 15 strips. After close examination, an expert Clermont-Ganneau declared them to be forgeries. Shapira left London and wandered around Europe for months. He shot himself to death in Hotel Bloemendaal in Rotterdam on March 9, 1884.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_Wilhelm_Shapira

    Nov 07 08, 7:58 AM

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