%0 Journal Article %J Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (ZAW) %D 2021 %T The Valediction of Moses: New Evidence on the Shapira Deuteronomy Fragments %X Moses Wilhelm Shapira’s infamous Deuteronomy fragments have long been deemed forgeries, with Shapira himself serving as the obvious suspect. I provide new evidence that Shapira did not forge the fragments and was himself convinced of their authenticity. Indeed, the evidence for forgery is illusory. In a companion monograph, I show that the Shapira fragments are not only authen-tic ancient artifacts but are unprecedented in their significance: They preserve a pre-canonical antecedent of the Book of Deuteronomy. %B Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (ZAW) %V 133 %P 1–22 %G eng %U https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/zaw-2021-0001/html %N 1