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I read this book because I had seen a display of Shapira's collection in the rare book room at UCSF (and with the info I got there, the ending was no surprise). The book is really two stories: the author's search to find the Deuteronomy strips and the story of Shapira himself. Woven in with all of this was fascinating info on how authenticity is established. I enjoyed parts of the book very much, but I found the way it jumped around to be sometimes annoying and occasionally confusing. It also se
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May 02, 2016
Hilary
marked it as to-read
