Accused Cyberbully Says He Used Professor’s Name but Did Nothing Illegal

Raphael Golb, the accused cyberbully who faces multiple counts of criminal impersonation and identity theft in a case stemming from a scholarly dispute over the Dead Sea Scrolls, admitted in court on Monday that he wrote e-mails under the name of the New York University professor Lawrence H. Schiffman, but said he “never intended anybody to believe that these e-mails were sent by Larry Schiffman,” the Associated Press reported. Mr. Golb, a lawyer, is the son of Norman Golb, a professor of Jewish history and civilization at the University of Chicago whose views on the authorship of the scrolls differ with those of Mr. Schiffman. Taking the stand on Monday, Raphael Golb said he had done nothing illegal because his writings under Mr. Schiffman’s name and other aliases were meant as parody. His testimony is expected to continue on Tuesday.