Hershel Shanks 3894293 221711382 2008-06-25T19:12:09Z Bookitybook 7050637 /* External links */ '''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] {{DEFAULTSORT:Shanks, Hershel}} [[Category:1930 births]] [[Category:Archaeologists]] [[Category:Living people]]