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Shanks, Hershel was born on March 8, 1930 in Sharon, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Martin and Mildred (Freedman) Shanks.
( A world-renowned biblical archaeology scholar, Hershel ...)
A world-renowned biblical archaeology scholar, Hershel Shanks is the Founder and Editor of the Biblical Archaeology Review. Once a successful Washington Attorney, Shanks changed careers after a trip to the Holy Land and devoted himself to the study of biblical archaeology. When the Dead Sea Scrolls (1947-1956) were discovered, a complex tale of theft and conspiracy began in the world of biblical archaeology. Hershel Shanks, a chief protagonist in the story, spearheaded a campaign to release the scrolls to the wider scholarly community throughout the 1980s, using the Biblical Archaeology Review as a mouthpiece for the cause. Later Shanks' involvement greatly increased when he published reconstructed fascicles of the secret scrolls amidst much controversy. Shanks must be seen as one of the crucial factors that finally brought these vital tools of academic study, these Dead Sea Scrolls, to the wider world. Elsewhere Shanks' vigorous defense of the authenticity of the Ossuary - which is said to have contained the bones of The Brother of Jesus - is explored in one of the book's liveliest chapters.
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A lavishly illustrated volume traces three thousand years of Jerusalem history from an archaeological perspective, describing the events that surrounded such objects as the bones of a crucified man and Babylonian arrows. 25,000 first printing.
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(This parallel history of Judaism and Christianity present...)
This parallel history of Judaism and Christianity presents both separate and integrated account of the first six centuries in the development of both religions in one understandable volume. This book begins where its companion volume "Ancient Israel" ends.
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He aquí una antología pionera que derriba mitos y revela la verdadera significación del descubrimiento arqueológico más importante de nuestro tiempo. En 1947 salieron a la luz los manuscritos del Mar Muerto, suscitando numerosas especulaciones. Ahora, el presente volumen ilumina a la perfección las revelaciones de estos textos respecto a una época olvidada en la historia de dos religiones, el cristianismo y el judaísmo rabínico, y se plantea diversas preguntas esenciales: ¿fueron los esenios -una secta ascética de judíos a la que quizá perteneció Juan el Bautista- quienes escribieron los manuscritos del Mar Muerto? ¿Es el Rollo de cobre un mapa secreto de los tesoros del Templo de Jerusalén? ¿Tienen razón de ser las controversias suscitadas en torno al descubrimiento y la larga ocultación de los manuscritos, incluido el posible papel del Vaticano y las acusaciones de antisemitismo?
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(The Copper Scroll and the Search for the Temple Treasure ...)
The Copper Scroll and the Search for the Temple Treasure tells the intriguing story of two copper rolls now known as the Copper Scroll discovered in the Judean desert more than 50 years ago. Most scholars agree this unique scroll describes the treasures of the Jerusalem Temple that were buried shortly before 70 C.E., when the Roman legions burned the city and its holy sanctuary. Accompany author Hershel Shanks as he explains the Copper Scroll s enigmatic contents, takes you on a quest for the legendary treasure, and describes the high-tech methods used to decipher and preserve this important ancient document.
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Shanks, Hershel was born on March 8, 1930 in Sharon, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Martin and Mildred (Freedman) Shanks.
Bachelor, Haverford (Pennsylvania) College, 1952; Master of Arts, Columbia, 1953; Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1956.
Shanks communicates 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 archaeologist," 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 Shanks" appeal against the earlier decision was dismissed.
Shanks was the editor of Moment Magazine for fifteen years, beginning in 1987. Shanks" television appearances include Who Wrote the Bible? (1996), The Naked Archaeologist (2005) and "Mysteries of the Bible.
He used the pseudonym "Adam Mikaya" for a few articles published in the Biblical Archaeology Review.
(A lavishly illustrated volume traces three thousand years...)
(The Copper Scroll and the Search for the Temple Treasure ...)
(This parallel history of Judaism and Christianity present...)
( This newly revised parallel history of Judaism and Chri...)
(He aquí una antología pionera que derriba mitos y revela ...)
( A world-renowned biblical archaeology scholar, Hershel ...)
(Book by Hershel Shanks)
Fellow Royal Asiatic Society. Member American Bar Association, District of Columbia Bar Association, American Schools Oriental Research, Society Biblical Literature, Cosmos Club, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Judith Alexander Weil, February 20, 1966. Children: Elizabeth Jean, Julia Emily.