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THE INCOGNITO BUYER

Yigael Yadin

Yigael Yadin, Eleazar Sukenik’s son, was in the army when the scrolls were first discovered. A brilliant scholar, he later purchased on Israel’s behalf four of the original seven intact Dead Sea Scrolls and then discovered a fifth in a shoebox under the floor tiles of Kando’s Bethlehem home.