Hershel Shanks

Hershel Shanks

Hershel Shanks (born March 8, 1930, Sharon, Pennsylvania) is the founder of the Biblical Archaeology Society and the editor of the Biblical Archaeology Review and has written and edited numerous works on Biblical archaeology including the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Shanks is widely regarded as being a leading figure in communicating the world of biblical archaeology to general readers through his magazines, books, and conferences. Hershel Shanks is "probably the world's most influential amateur Biblical archeologist," wrote New York Times book critic Richard Bernstein.

In a famous legal case before the Israeli Supreme Court in 1993 Shanks and others were successfully sued by leading Dead Sea Scrolls scholar Elisha Qimron for breach of copyright when Shanks published material written by Qimron in "A Facsimile Edition of the Dead Sea Scrolls" without Qimron's permission. In 2000 Shank's appeal against the earlier decision was dismissed.

Publications

*Hershel Shanks, "The City of David;: A guide to Biblical Jerusalem", Bazak 1973

*Hershel Shanks and Benjamin Mazar, "Recent Archaeology in the Land of Israel", Biblical Archaeology Society 1985, ISBN 0-9613089-2-3

*Hershel Shanks, "Ancient Israel: A Short History from Abraham to the Roman Destruction of the Temple", Prentice Hall College Div 1988, ISBN 0-13-036435-5

*Hershel Shanks, editor, "Early Israel", Biblical Archaeology Society 1990, ISBN 0-685-45487-8

*Hershel Shanks, editor, Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism: A Parallel History of Their Origins and Early Development", Biblical Archaeology Society 1992, ISBN 1-880317-08-7

*Hershel Shanks, "In the Temple of Solomon and the Tomb of Caiaphas", Biblical Archaeology Society 1993, ISBN 1-880317-11-7

*Hershel Shanks, editor, "Understanding the Dead Sea Scrolls: A Reader From the Biblical Archaeology Review", Vintage Press reprint 1993, ISBN 0-679-74445-2

*Hershel Shanks and Suzanne F. Singer, editors, "Cancel My Subscription: The Best of Queries and Comments from Letters to Biblical Archaeology Review", Biblical Archaeology Society 1995, ISBN 1-880317-44-3

*Hershel Shanks, "Jerusalem: : An Archaeological Biography", Random House 1995, ISBN 0-679-44526-9

*Hershel Shanks, "The Mystery and Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls", Vintage Press 1999, ISBN 0-679-78089-0

*Hershel Shanks, Dave Clark (illustrator), "101 Best Jewish Jokes", Biblical Archaeology Society 1999, ISBN 0-9671632-1-8

*Hershel Shanks, editor, "Abraham & Family: New Insights into the Patriarchal Narratives", Biblical Archaeology Society 2000, ISBN 1-880317-57-5

*Hershel Shanks and Ben Witherington III, "The Brother of Jesus : The Dramatic Story & Meaning of the First Archaeological Link to Jesus & His Family", HarperSanFrancisco 2003, ISBN 0-06-055660-9

*Hershel Shanks, editor, "City of David: Revisiting Early Excavations", Biblical Archaeology Society 2004, ISBN 1-880317-70-2

Relevant links

*Elisha Qimron
*Biblical Archaeology Review
*Biblical Archaeology Society

External links

* [http://www.bib-arch.org/bar/ Biblical Archaeology Review website]

* [http://www.bib-arch.org Biblical Archaeology Society website]


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