The Career of Moses Shapira, Bookseller and Antiquarian
This article takes a look at the career of Moses Shapira, the notorious bookseller, antiquities dealer, and possible forger of 19th-century Jerusalem. Despite Shapira’s fame among scholars, his career is little discussed beyond the episodes of the Deuteronomy strips and, to a much lesser extent, the...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
2023
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Palestine exploration quarterly
Year: 2023, Volume: 155, Issue: 3, Pages: 230-253 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Shapira, Moses Wilhelm 1830-1884
/ Forgery
/ Antique dealers
/ Jerusalem
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| IxTheo Classification: | HA Bible KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBL Near East and North Africa |
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| Summary: | This article takes a look at the career of Moses Shapira, the notorious bookseller, antiquities dealer, and possible forger of 19th-century Jerusalem. Despite Shapira’s fame among scholars, his career is little discussed beyond the episodes of the Deuteronomy strips and, to a much lesser extent, the ‘Moabite pottery.’ By surveying his career as a whole, I will put these episodes into a clearer context, shedding additional light on Shapira’s methods and motivations. In addition, since we have more information by far on Shapira’s career than on that of any other seller of antiquities in Late Ottoman Palestine, understanding his career provides important insights into how the antiquities trade in Palestine operated at the time. |
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| ISSN: | 1743-1301 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Palestine exploration quarterly
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/00310328.2022.2050075 |