▁Wilson ▁wrote ▁both ▁a ▁magazine ▁article ▁and ▁a ▁book ▁on ▁the ▁subject . ▁The ▁press ▁widely ▁public ized ▁Al leg ro ' s ▁claims ▁of ▁connections ▁with ▁Christian ▁orig ins , ▁which ▁have ▁influenced ▁the ▁entire ▁shape ▁and ▁focus ▁of ▁reporting ▁on ▁the ▁subject ▁of ▁the ▁scroll s ▁ever ▁since . ▁Rand all ▁Price ▁called ▁Al leg ro ▁" the ▁father ▁of ▁scroll ▁sens ational ists " ▁for ▁his ▁interpret ations ▁of ▁the ▁scroll s . ▁Al leg ro ▁believed ▁that ▁there ▁was ▁a ▁consp i racy ▁to ▁prevent ▁publication ▁of ▁the ▁scroll s ▁because ▁they ▁could ▁damage ▁the ▁image ▁of ▁Jesus , ▁this ▁was ▁later ▁repeated ▁by ▁consp i racy ▁theory ▁writers ▁such ▁as ▁Richard ▁Le igh ▁and ▁Michael ▁Ba igent ▁in ▁their ▁book ▁The ▁Dead ▁Sea ▁Scroll s ▁De ception . ▁ ▁While ▁Al leg ro ▁made ▁several ▁contributions , ▁such ▁as ▁spread ing ▁aw aren ess ▁of ▁the ▁scroll s ▁and ▁convin cing ▁everyone ▁that ▁they ▁were ▁relevant ▁to ▁an ▁understanding ▁of ▁Christian ity , ▁his ▁theories ▁about ▁the ▁relationship ▁of ▁the ▁scroll s ▁to ▁Jesus ▁led ▁to ▁his ▁down fall . ▁ ▁Al leg ro ▁previously ▁published ▁The ▁Sac red ▁M ush room ▁and ▁the ▁Cross ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 0 , ▁with ▁even ▁more ▁theories ▁about ▁Jesus . ▁Al leg ro ▁was ▁heavily ▁critic ized ▁by ▁many ▁sch ol ars , ▁including ▁his ▁own ▁ment or ▁at ▁Oxford , ▁and ▁the ▁publish er ▁had ▁to ▁issue ▁an ▁ap ology . ▁Al leg ro ' s ▁scholar ly