Hershel’s Crusade, No. 1: He Who Freed the Dead Sea Scrolls

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In , with the support of Hershel Shanks and BAS, Martin Abegg, Jr., contemplated committing “academic suicide”—publishing reconstructions of the Dead Sea Scrolls without the permission of the sluggish and secretive publication team. Abegg details how, in fact, Hershel’s impact resonates far beyond that remarkable moment.

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Footnotes

1. Lawrence H. Schiffman, “A Short History of the Dead Sea Scrolls and What They Tell Us,” BAR 41:03.

2. Martin Abegg Jr., Michael Phelps, and Hershel Shanks, “‘Will Marty Abegg Ever Find a Job?’” BAR 29:01.

3. Megan Sauter, “Dead Sea Scrolls History: Looking Back on the Last 75 Years,” Bible History Daily (blog), originally published on December 11, 2015.

4. Emmanuel Tov, “Expanded Team of Editors Hard at Work on Variety of Texts,” BAR 18:04.

Endnotes

1. Emanuel Tov, The Greek Minor Prophets Scroll from Nahal Hever (8HevXIIgr), Discoveries in the Judaean Desert 8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1990).