I searched fruitlessly in Allegro's biography (Judith Anne Brown, John Marco Allegro, Eerdman's 2005) for a mention of Strugnell's prostitute. Strugnell wasn't apparently a fan of scanty clothing judging from the quote from Allegro's description of him in a letter to his wife:
"a long-haired, unshaven, roll-collar-pullocver and flowing BA gown type"
(page 36)
Andrew
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From: Dave Washburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, March 16, 2006 10:51 am Subject: Re: [Megillot] Strugnell memoirs? > It could simply be an _expression_. I have a similar one: when I> pass up a good
> one-liner I will usually say "seventy-five." Back when I wasn't
> creeping up
> on that age :-) I used to say that when I'm 75, I'll probably be
> too old to
> do anything except sit in a rocking chair on my front porch,
> thinking of all
> the things I could have said. I have heard "I'm saving that for
> my memoirs"
> used in a similar fashion. Whether Strugnell was using it this
> way or not, I
> don't know, but it's one possibility among many.
>
> On Thursday 16 March 2006 07:57, James R. Davila wrote:
> > Stephen,
> >
> > In the 1994 BAR article I cited in the blog post, Strugnell said
> that> he was saving the story of the ladies-of-uncertain-
> profession and the
> > Enoch microfilm for his memoirs . But I've heard nothing more than
> > that and I don't know whether he actually intends to write them.
> I
> > hope so.
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > >In an aside to a message on the Coptic Gospel of Judas, James
> Davila at
> > >http://paleojudaica.blogspot.com
> > >wrote "...that's not as strange as the story about the
> prostitute (two
> > >prostitutes?) who showed John Strugnell a microfilm of a
> (Qumran?) Enochic
> > >manuscript, which microfilm she had hidden in an even more
> unusual place.
> > >Strugnell did verify that something like this actually
> happened, but he
> > > seems to be saving the details for his memoirs."
> > >
> > >And I see that the latest issue of DSD (v.13 n.1, 2006) is
> dedicated to
> > > John Strugnell, belated marking of his 75th birthday.
> > >
> > >So I ask, Jim or anyone, is he writing memoirs? I hope so--I'd
> buy a copy.
> > >
> > >best,
> > >Stephen Goranson
> > >http://www.duke.edu/~goranson
> > >"Jannaeus, His Brother Absalom, and Judah the Essene" (revised
> a bit)
> > >
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