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Strugnell and Israeli Committee Struggle for Control of Unpublished Dead Sea Scrolls

A struggle for control of the unpublished Dead Sea Scrolls between the Israeli Dead Sea Scroll oversight committee and chief scroll editor John Strugnell may end with Strugnell’s removal before these words appear in print.

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Footnotes

1.

The other members of the Israeli oversight committee are Jonas Greenheld of Hebrew University; Magen Broshi, curator of the Shrine of the Book; Amir Drori, ex officio, director of the Israel Antiquities Authority; and Ayala Sussman, secretary and spokesperson.

2.

The Greek Minor Prophets Scroll from Nahal Hever (8HevXIIgr). The Seiyâl Collection I, Discoveries in the Judaean Desert 8/1, ed. Emanuel Tov (Oxford Oxford Univ. Press, 1990).

3.

See “New Hope for the Unpublished Dead Sea Scrolls,” BAR 15:06.

4.

See “After 30 Years, Milik Sits on More Than 50 Dead Sea Scroll Documents,” BAR 15:03.

5.

See Joseph A. Fitzmyer “A Visit with M. Jozef T. Milik, Dead Sea Scroll Editor,” BAR 16:04.