Norman Golb, Dead Sea Scrolls Contrarian, Is Dead at 92


BY JOSEPH BERGER | NYTimes Science | Disclosure

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  1. As the article hints (without providing details), Norman Golb not only refuted the old "Qumran-Essene" hypothesis of Scroll origins, but also played a major role in the collapse of the Dead Sea Scrolls monopoly. See the explanation of the Huntington Library's decision to release photos of the Scrolls to scholars at large here:

    http://americanarchivist.org/doi/pdf/10.17723/aarc.56.4.w213201818211541?code=same-site

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