Robert Cargill Wrote: http://robertcargill.com/2009/12/18/details-of-raphael-golbs-impersonation-of-lawrence-schiffman/
"Raphael Golb is accused of multiple felony and misdemeanor counts of forgery, identity theft, criminal impersonation, and aggravated harassment against New York University professor Dr. Lawrence Schiffman."
These charges are a ridiculous exaggeration, and a misuse of the law.
Robert Cargill also wrote:
"the following are the transcripts of two affidavits in support of search warrants to search the home of raphael golb, son of university of chicago oriental institute historian norman golb. golb was later arrested and charged with criminal impersonation, forgery, identity theft, and aggravated harassment in connection with an anonymous internet smear campaign involving scholars studying the dead sea scrolls. in particular, golb was charged with the criminal impersonation of new york university dr. lawrence schiffman. below, the court filings will show evidence of forged emails purportedly sent by multiple aliases of raphael golb that attempt not only to accuse falsely dr. schiffman of plagiarizing golb’s father, norman golb, but admit to the plagiarism on dr. schiffman’s behalf, without his knowledge, using first person language, and signing the emails ‘lawrence schiffman.’"
Bob Cargill, it was obvious to Schiffman, and the other recipients of e-mails, that the writer of the e-mails was NOT Lawrence Schiffman.
Second, it was obvious to Lawrence Schiffman that he was being accused of plagiarism of Norman Golb's work. His sensitivivity in resorting to law proves that there is truth in the accusations. The writer of the emails did not "accuse falsely" as you claim, but truthfully.
Lawrence Schiffman has written books for the general public to buy. He can write what he likes. A member of the public has responded to what he has (or rather has not) written. In picking a fight with a member of the public, he has chosen a path to ruin.
Excerpt from the jan 12, 2009 affidavit in support of a search warrant § 12-28 (pp. 5-11)
ReplyDeleteIMPERSONATION AND HARASSMENT OF DR. LAWRENCE SCHIFFMAN
(POSTED BY ROBERT CARGILL ON DECEMBER 18, 2009.)
"12. Dr. Lawrence Schiffman informs me that an individual has impersonated him via email, and that he has been the subject of an effort to discredit him via email and the internet. This effort to discredit Dr. Schiffman is related to his scholarship and work concerning the Dead Sea Scrolls. Dr. Schiffman informs me that the following emails were sent to NYU personnel, purporting to be from Dr. Schiffman. Dr. Scmffrnan did not send the below emails that were sent in his name, nor did he create that email account, nor did he give anyone permission or authority to use his name to open the email account or send the emails."
Well everyone who received those e-mails, knew full well they were not from Lawrence Schiffman, and that he obviously hadn't given the authority to send them. The whole tone of the e-mails is humorous, with a serious academic side. As Schiffman has never admitted to the plagiarism charges (the subject of the e-mails), he was hardly likely to start doing so, especially, to the board of NYU. Schiffman should have kept this dispute in the academic domain. And Cargill should not have tried to be too clever, and been so childish.
I must say that if Raphael Golb sent these emails, he ingeniously succeeded in doing something his learned father never quite did: making a complete mockery of an academic scam. "My career is at stake," combined with a casual admission of plagiarism and instructions "not to mention the name" of the plagiarized scholar. If anyone was actually stupid enough to believe the chairman of a department would send out such an absurd message, instructing people "not to mention the name" of a colleague of his, what would that say about academic ethics at NYU?
ReplyDeleteCompare:
ReplyDeletehttp://robertcargill.com/2010/06/21/hendels-must-read-critique-of-sbl/
and
http://www.sbl-site.org/membership/farewell.aspx
(comment #4, towards the bottom of the page).
It's always nice to have a cake and eat it too.
Yes, you are right. It isn't the first time we have caught him being inconsistent. Professor Cargill must surely be aware of it. He has his feet in two camps. He is either torn, or he is thick-skinned.
ReplyDeleteThe claims of "harassment" and of a "smear campaign" have been refuted in Ronald Kuby's fascinating law briefs. Rather, we appear to be dealing with perfectly legitimate expressions of concern (humorous or ironical in tone, never containing any abusive or threatening language) about a matter of considerable interest to the academic community.
ReplyDeleteKuby's briefs are linked on Professor Zahavy's blog:
http://tzvee.blogspot.com/2009/11/is-raphael-golb-guilty.html
(see the comments below Zahavy's statement).
Will the man behind the voice please step forward?
ReplyDeletehttp://channel.nationalgeographic.com/episode/writing-the-dead-sea-scrolls-5179#tab-Videos/08410_00
Talk about impersonation! Is it clever? Disturbed? Hard to say.
Its another Robert Cargill rush job. A quick visit to Israel for a photo shoot of Robert Cargill, complete with Indiana Jones hat, and some shades, at some famous sites. It has little to do with scholarship, and all about promoting Robert Cargill.
ReplyDeleteThe video-clip is historically wrong. The scrolls could not have been deposited so carefully while the Jews were under Roman attack. For example, were some of the caves cut into the rock especially for the purpose of storing the scrolls?
I do not believe Masada was the last place to be attacked by the Romans, as he states in the video-clip. This was a fairly obvious Flavian change to the writings of Josephus. It was the first. It became the headquarters for the Roman army. Robert Cargill is supposed to be an archaeologist. So can he find a Roman camp as large as the one at Masada?
Its another Robert Cargill rush job. A quick visit to Israel for a photo shoot of Robert Cargill, complete with Indiana Jones hat, and some shades, at some famous sites. It has little to do with scholarship, and all about promoting Robert Cargill.
ReplyDeleteThe video-clip is historically wrong. The scrolls could not have been deposited so carefully while the Jews were under Roman attack. For example, were some of the caves cut into the rock especially for the purpose of storing the scrolls?
I do not believe Masada was the last place to be attacked by the Romans, as he states in the video-clip. This was a fairly obvious Flavian change to the writings of Josephus. It was the first. It became the headquarters for the Roman army. Robert Cargill is supposed to be an archaeologist. So can he find a Roman camp as large as the one at Masada?
Geoff, I see that your blog is cited here:
ReplyDeletehttp://digitalacademy.wordpress.com/
Excerpt from the jan 12, 2009 affidavit in support of a search warrant § 12-28 (pp. 5-11)
ReplyDeleteIMPERSONATION AND HARASSMENT OF DR. LAWRENCE SCHIFFMAN
(POSTED BY ROBERT CARGILL ON DECEMBER 18, 2009.)
"14. On or about August 5, 2008, the following email was sent to multiple NYU recipients:
Date Tue, 05 Aug 2008
From larry schiffman
To Cory Peacock
Subject Re: plagiarism charges
Cc [Multiple NYU recipients, email addresses redacted]
Cory, thanks for your kind words.
This is definitely ruining my week. I don’t know if you can understand how I feel, but it is as if someone had set fire to my beard. The last thing I need now is to be investigated by the dean.
Best,
Lawrence Schiffman"
You would have to be an idiot, not to know this wasn't written by Lawrence Schiffman. But Robert Cargill doesn't seem to understand this. Lawrence Schiffman should have known better than to resort to law.
Robert Cargill and Patrick Mckenna (Senior Investigator of the New Yorks County District Attorneys's Investigation Bureau) have something in common. Paranoia, and in Mckenna's case it is paranoia about computer crime.
ReplyDeleteThey both, mistakenly, think they are whizz-kids. Cargill for gathering details of a number of e-mail accounts which he passed onto the Mckenna. And Mckenna for jumping with joy that he had got his man, and all he had to do was carry out a raid on someone's premises, knowing very well what he would find. These two obviously worked hand in glove. Patrick Mckenna has picked up Robert Cargill's paranoia. If you don't believe me just see here:
http://www.bobcargill.com/Gadda/affidavit_support_search_warrant_jan12_golb.pdf
(This is a crude pdf file which is not easy to reproduce in an editable form).
Although Mckenna wrote that this has little to do with the Dead Sea Scrolls, that didn't prevent him from incorporating a large section (7. Background on the Dead Sea Scrolls) which was more than likely written by Robert Cargill, as was most of the other material.
"Cory, thanks for your kind words.
ReplyDeleteThis is definitely ruining my week. I don’t know if you can understand how I feel, but it is as if someone had set fire to my beard. The last thing I need now is to be investigated by the dean."
P.s. and remember that you are not to mention the name of a particular scholar whose works I am very careful never to cite!
P.s. Cf.:
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and
http://www.bibleinterp.com/articles/misuse357930.shtml
Cargill and the University of the Holy Land (UHL, an evangelical university) are linked through his connection with Stephen Pfann the President of UHL. They have a joint compromise theory of where the scrolls came from. According to this theory, some scrolls were produced at Qumran, no doubt in the 'scriptorium'.
ReplyDeleteAnd professor William Schneidewind was undoubtedly affiliated to UHL. Your evidence is there for all to see. UHL produced a previous virtual reality film of Qumran. With the help of Robert Cargill, William Schneidewind then produced his own. So the links with UHL are there.
The latest film starring professor Robert Cargill complete with beard: Writing the Dead Sea Scrolls, on the National Geographic Channel.
ReplyDeletehttp://channel.nationalgeographic.com/episode/writing-the-dead-sea-scrolls-5179#tab-facts#ixzz0t6IHU238
Cargill thinks that one third of the Scrolls were written at Qumran. He (probably) wrote in the pre-amble:
"Forensic science has cut through the debate to reveal that at least a third of the Dead Sea Scrolls were written at Qumran."
Now that's a bold assertion! 'Forensic science has cut through the debate', eh! I'll be very interested to see what these 'forensic scientists' have to say. Anything to get some scroll writing monks back at Qumran! This is like Joe Zias's and James Tabor's Qumran Essene toilets, scientifically proven, you know!
I wonder if Cargill can feel his beard burning.
The evangelical idiots supporting those fools might want to read this:
ReplyDeletehttp://blog.simplejustice.us/2010/07/20/a-prosecution-2000-years-in-the-making.aspx
Greenfield's blog is one of the most frequently read law blogs in the United States. And this is no doubt only a hint of what's to come.
Greenfield's blog is excellent.
ReplyDeleteThe outspoken pastor of Zwinglius Redivivus wrote on April 18 2010:
ReplyDeletehttp://zwingliusredivivus.wordpress.com/2010/04/18/lets-call-it-the-raphael-golb-syndrome/
"And yet what another illustration of why allowing anonymous comments on any website is a disservice to everyone."
Jim West eulogises over his friend N T Wrong who is none other than Jeffrey Gibson, the master of aliases, who even publishes books under pseudonyms. What a hypocrite Jim West is! And these two are supporters of Robert Cargill. Jeffrey Gibson uses his alias Rod of Alexandria to communicate with Robert Cargill, don't you Rod?
Oh-oh, a fraudulent scheme to influence a debate by using the pseudonym "Historian" on Amazon. How could they treat such a thing as a civil affair? It should be prosecuted as a crime, exactly as in the New York case.
ReplyDeleteI wrote three comments on Cargill's blog today:
ReplyDeletehttp://robertcargill.com/2010/07/22/thoughts-on-the-recent-announcement-by-italian-scientists-regarding-the-bromine-and-chlorine-levels-of-the-temple-scroll:
"So the evidence that scrolls were produced at Qumran is only circumstantial. It may eventually prove to be false evidence. The Dead Sea has changed considerably over 2000 years."
"And of course the Scrolls have been stored for a very long time in precisely the area where the air has been been filled with the vapours from the Dead Sea."
"Italians doing scientific research on the Scrolls! One may well wonder what their interest is!"
The man is clutching at straws. I wonder if he will publish my comments.
David Stacey, on July 23, 2010 at 4:23 am, commented (see the above website):
ReplyDelete"The problem with this research is that it does not address the issue of how much bromine or any other salts would be absorbed by any porous material after it had been in a cave near the Dead Sea for 2000 years. The human bones from the Qumran cemetery had a high bromine content (Rasmussen et al in Kh Q II, Humbert and Gunneweg (eds)) and Crowfoot when dealing with the linen wrappers over 50 years ago never questioned that they had absorbed Dead Sea salts. How about testing the wooden coffins from Ein Gedi for bromine content?
David Stacey"
David Stacey followed my comment in a similar more technical, but nevertheless critical, vein. Cargill really is clutching at straws to get Scrolls written at Qumran. Of course Cargill will say he is being methodical, whereas he is inept and biased. Like Jim Barfield, Cargill is looking for something that isn't there.