Earliest photos of first DSS discoverers?

OVER AT VARIANT READINGS, Brent Nongbri has done some detective work on identifying the subjects and dates of the original discoverers of the Dead Sea Scrolls (Cave One).

The Earliest Photo of the Man Who Discovered the First Dead Sea Scrolls?

Photos of the First Finders of the Dead Sea Scrolls

We can't even keep straight the dates of the first photos of Muhammad ed Dhib and we think we can reconstruct the history of the Qumran sect?

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