Hershel Shanks
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'''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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[[Category:1930 births]]
[[Category:Archaeologists]]
[[Category:Living people]]