The Antiquities Market, Sensationalized Textual Data, and Modern Forgeries

Vaughn, Andrew G.; Rollston, Christopher A.

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“…56 For a recollection of the original "discovery" and publication of the latter, see (Porten and Yardeni 2006). The publication of unprovenanced artifacts, including inscriptions, has been seen as problematic by the scholarly community, on both scientific (problems of authenticity and context) and moral (encouraging theft and illegal sale) grounds; see (Rollston 2003(Rollston , 2005Vaughn 2005). However see (Porten and Yardeni 2007a) for their reasons for treating this as a special case.…”

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The Religion of Idumea and Its Relationship to Early Judaism

Levin

2020

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For several hundred years, from the late Iron Age to the end of the 2nd century BCE, the southern neighbor of Judea was “Idumea”, populated by descendants of Edomites, together with Qedarite and other Arabs and a mix of additional ethnicities. This paper examines the known data on the identity, especially religious identity, of these Idumeans, using a wide range of written sources and archaeological data. Within the Bible, “Edom” is presented as Israel’s twin and its harshest enemy, but there are hints that the Edomites worshipped the God of Israel. While the origins of the “Edomite deity” Qaus remain obscure, as does the process of their migration into southern Judah, the many inscriptions from the Persian period show that Qaus became the most widely worshipped deity in the area, even if other gods, including Yahweh, were also recognized. The Hellenistic period brought heightened Greek and Phoenician influence, but also the stabilization of “Idumea” as an administrative/ethnic unit. Some of the practices of this period, such as male circumcision, show an affinity to the Judaism of the time. This paper also discusses the outcome of the Hasmonean conquest of Idumea and the incorporation of its inhabitants into the Jewish nation.

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Section: The Epigrahic Evidencementioning

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The Religion of Idumea and Its Relationship to Early Judaism

Levin

2020

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“…For example, North-West Semitic written artefacts connected to the Bible have emerged in recent decades, and several scholars have been tempted to publish this important new data, thus authenticating artefacts which, in some cases, were shown to be forgeries. As noted by Vaughn and Rollston (2005), some of these scholars have been accused of complicity even if they acted in good faith, believing they were dealing with genuine artefacts.…”

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Fakes and Forgeries of Written Artefacts: An Introduction

2020

Fakes and Forgeries of Written Artefacts From Ancient Mesopotamia to Modern China

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Fakes and forgeries of written artefacts have made their way through all written cultures, past and present, in various ways. In the cultures of Antiquity, scribes already tried to reproduce ancient inscriptions and manuscripts or create new ones imitating archaic scripts, thus producing what we would now call 'antique fakes'. Since the Renaissance, the production of fake artefacts has greatly increased in Europe, a situation similar to developments in China from the eleventh century onwards. These 'modern fakes' refer to written artefacts produced in recent centuries that pretend to be ancient. Fakes have always been objects of fascination. They are often a response to demands from both the public and the scholarly milieu. Sometimes they are exceptional items that are unique or of particular artistic, scientific or technical interest. When a forgery is detected as such, it obviously results in a feeling of disappointment, but it can also provoke admiration for the virtuosity of its originator and inspire scientists to develop new methods of testing. There has been a growth in the number of publications dedicated to fakes and forgeries for around thirty years now, many of which have focused on books and literary works. 1 The topic has also inspired a dozen conferences in the last decade, some of them dedicated specifically to antique fakes. 2 Among other subjects, these various scholarly events have dealt with the scientific duel between

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