Monthly Archives: July 2024

Gerald Lankester Harding’s Qumran Cave 1Q Excavation Photos

Posted on July 30, 2024 by Brent Nongbri

I think a copy of Gerald Lankester Harding’s photographs of the Cave 1Q manuscripts as they were being excavated in 1949 may be at the École biblique in Jerusalem. The back story: When I was writing an article on the … Continue reading →

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Another Photo of Muhammad ed-Dhib

Posted on July 26, 2024 by Brent Nongbri

Thanks to Asaf Gayer for pointing out that there is another excellent photo of Muhammad ed-Dhib to add to the small group of photos of the alleged finders of the first scrolls that I discussed in an earlier post. This … Continue reading →

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Photos from the 1950 Duke Exhibition of the Dead Sea Scrolls

Posted on July 22, 2024 by Brent Nongbri

Thanks to Alexander Schick for pointing out the digitization of photos in the Duke University Archives related to the exhibition at Duke of the Dead Sea Scrolls that were in the possession of Mar Samuel in 1950. There are some … Continue reading →

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Photos of the First Finders of the Dead Sea Scrolls

Posted on July 21, 2024 by Brent Nongbri

In my last post I unpacked the story of what seems to be the earliest published photograph of the alleged finders of the first Dead Sea Scrolls: This picture was taken in 1951 by Richmond Brown, and published (I think) … Continue reading →

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The Earliest Photo of the Man Who Discovered the First Dead Sea Scrolls?

Posted on July 19, 2024 by Brent Nongbri

When I was looking into the history of the Dead Sea Scrolls that are said to have been found in Cave 1Q a few years ago, I became interested in the early surviving videos and photographs of the scrolls and … Continue reading →

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A Correction and a Codicological Mystery in P.Bodmer 13

Posted on July 1, 2024 by Brent Nongbri

I only recently learned of the death, about a year ago now, of Stuart G. Hall (1928-2023). It sent me back to an article that we wrote together. In 2015, I stumbled across grainy black and white photographs of what … Continue reading →

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