Richard Nowitz

The cast of characters in the Temple Scroll drama includes an archaeologist, two preachers and an antiquities dealer. Yigael Yadin published the definitive translation of the Temple Scroll shortly before his death in 1984. He was Israel’s most famous archaeologist, known around the world for his digs at Masada and at Biblical Hazor. In 1960, Yadin was approached by a man who claimed he had a Dead Sea Scroll for sale. The man identified himself only as a Virginia clergyman …