In “The Mysterious Death of Moses Shapira,” we delve into Chapter 12 of The Moses Scroll and uncover the dramatic events of August 1883. Amidst a whirlwind of rejections from prominent European scholars, Moses Shapira remained unwavering in his belief in the manuscript’s authenticity. The plot thickens with Shapira’s mysterious death in a Rotterdam hotel under suspicious circumstances; but why was he in the Netherlands?

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