The Third Scroll

Description for THE THIRD SCROLL by William Newby: Could John Albert, former CIA operative and current head of Stonybrook University’s Ancient Language Studies Department, actually have received a communication from the first century A.D.? That’s what he believes after he opens a package of antique scrolls with an introduction that personally addresses him in ancient Greek. He is further intrigued when he realizes that the rest of the text is written in the same Qumran-Hebrew language as the Dead Sea Scrolls. Wasting little time, John takes a sabbatical so that he can go to England to utilize Oxford’s reference library in translating the mysterious writings. There he meets beautiful Emma Ferry, who will become not only his partner in deciphering the origins and meaning of the scrolls, but his romantic partner as well. Together, they will soon discover that there are other, decidedly ruthless, individuals who are also interested in the scrolls - more for their potential monetary value