Easterman, Daniel. The Judas Testament (New York: HarperPaperback, 1995) 464 p.

Jack Gould is assistant curator of the Chester Beatty Library in Dublin and an expert in biblical manuscripts. He is drawn into an international plot involving a mysterious scroll. Jack meets Yuri Volnukhin, director of the Russian State Library. Yuri explains that the Library is in possession of many priceless treasures plundered from the Nazis at the end of World War II. These include many ancient Hebrew manuscripts.