Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica

זיוף אמיתי. חייו וזמנו של זייפן העתיקות מוזס וילהלם שפירא‬‎ Truly Fake. Moses Wilhelm Shapira, Master Forger
(100 words)

Curator

Irit Salmon.

Imprint

Jerusalem, Israel, 2000. Booklet, 13 pp., 11 pp.*, illustrations: 14 col., 10 b&w, 24 × 17 cm. Hebrew and English.

ISBN

9652782424

Location

Israel Museum (17 March–19 May 2000)

Description

Wilhelm Shapira’s life and activities, and the nascent field of archaeology in the 19th C. Three essays: “The Life and Times of Moses Wilhelm Shapira” (Irit Salmon), “On the Forging of Antiquities” (Ya’akov Meshorer), and “Reflections on the Elusive Charm of the Shapira Affair” (Haim Be’er). No itemized listing.

main keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDS
SHAPIRA, MOSES WILHELM

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“‮זיוף אמיתי. חייו וזמנו של זייפן העתיקות מוזס וילהלם שפירא‬‎ Truly Fake. Moses Wilhelm Shapira, Master Forger”, in: Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica. Consulted online on 30 November 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004444522_COCO_CC1615>
First published online: 2019



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