Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Golb appeal

THE RAPHAEL GOLB IDENTITY-THEFT CASE: New York court to hear Dead Sea Scrolls first amendment case. Case centres around man who argues that mocking scholars in academic debate about Scrolls is protected by first amendment (AP).

Background here and here and many links. In 2011, after the original convictions, I wrote an article on the case for Religion in the News which is noted here.