Raphael Golb, was convicted of identity theft in the second degree, for his scheme to influence the outcome of debate over the Dead Sea Scrolls. Gold, 50, was also found guilty criminal impersonation in the second degree, forgery in the third degree, aggravated harassment in the second degree and unauthorized use of a computer.
In June 2009, GOLB was indicted for a pattern of systematic harassment against six victims who were directly or indirectly related to scholarship of the Dead Sea Scrolls. GOLB'S sentencing is scheduled for November 18, 2010, and he faces up to 1 and 1/3 to 4 years in state prison.
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Norman Golb, a professor of Jewish History and Civilization at the University of Chicago, has been a proponent of the viewpoint that the Dead Sea Scrolls found in the caves of Qumran had nothing to do with the buildings and settlement at the Qumran site. He maintains that they were not the product of the Essenes, but of several different Jewish sects and communities of ancient Israel who hid the scrolls in the caves at Qumran while fleeing from Jerusalem.
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