Freeing the Dead Sea Scrolls : and other adventures of an archaeology outsider /: and other adventures of an archaeology outsider. (2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Hershel Shanks.
• Other Names: Shanks, Hershel
• Contents: Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; I. In the Beginning; II. The Sharon Years; III. My College Years; IV. Columbia, Harvard and the Department of Justice; V. Practicing Law; VI. Our Year in Israel; VII. Starting BAR; VIII. Maturing BAR; IX. Freeing the Scrolls; X. Losing in Court; XI. Two Extraordinary InscriptionsThe Pomegranate and the Ossuary; XII. A Royal Israelite InscriptionThe Yehoash Plaque?; XIII. "The Forgery Trial of the Century" and Beyond; XIV. My Credo; Notes; Illustration Credits; Index.
• Publisher Details: London New York : Continuum
• Publication Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 251 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 220.9/3092; Archaeologists -- United States -- Biography; Archaeology -- Corrupt practices; RELIGION -- Antiquities & Archaeology; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Religious; Antiquities; Archaeologists; United States; Electronic books; Biography
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781441117137
• Related ISBNs: 144111713X; 9781441152176; 1441152172
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.