where he attempted to sell them. On June 1, 1954, he placed an ad in the Wall Street Journal offering to sell “The Four Dead Sea Scrolls.” The ad was brought to the attention of Yigael Yadin, Sukenik’s son, who happened to be in the United States at the time. Through middlemen, Yadin purchased the scrolls on behalf of the State of Israel for $250 thousand (and Samuel made a handsome return on his initial investment!). In this way, all seven scrolls from Cave 1 at Qumran came into the possession of