Discovery and Acquisition

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1. Overview
   1. Overview: Discovery and Acquisition
2. Primary sources
   1. The Bible Scholar Who Became an Undercover Agent, Harry M. Orlinsky, Biblical Archaeology Review, Jul/Aug. 1992.
3. Secondary sources
   1. Discovery and Acquistion, 1947–1956, Lawrence H. Schiffman, Reclaiming the Dead Sea Scrolls, Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia, 1994.
   2. Early Publication Efforts, 1953–1967, Lawrence H. Schiffman, Reclaiming the Dead Sea Scrolls, Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia, 1994.
   3. First “Dead Sea Scroll” Found in Egypt Fifty Years Before Qumran Discoveries Solomon Schechter presages later Essene scholarship, Raphael Levy, BAR Sep/Oct 1982.
   4. Frank Moore Cross. The Dead Sea Scrolls and the People Who Wrote Them.” Biblical Archaeology Review 3, 1 (1977).
   5. Yigael Yadin 1917–1984, Hershel Shanks, Biblical Archaeology Review, Sep./Oct. 1984.
   6. Dead Sea Scrolls: A Short History, Hershel Shanks, BAR 33:03, May/Jun 2007.
   7. Past Perfect: Shall I Go to Bethlehem?, Yigael Yadin, Biblical Archaeology Review, May/June 2007.
   8. How the Dead Sea Scrolls Were Found, Harry Thomas Frank, BAR 1:04, Dec 1975.
   9. Excerpt from A Prophet Amongst You, Neil Asher Silberman, Addison-Wesley, Reading, 1993.
4. Images
   1. Qumran Cave 4
   2. Classified Ad, The Wall Street Journal, June 1, 1954
   3. Letter from Yigael Yadin Concerning the Purchase of the Scrolls, 1954
5. Videos
   1. When was the first Dead Sea Scroll discovered? Reproduced with permission from Secrets of the Caves. Produced by Biblical Archaeology Society. Prof. Ronald Hendel.
   2. Where were the Dead Sea Scrolls discovered? Prof. Lawrence H. Schiffman. Produced by Down Low Pictures for COJS.
   3. How were the Dead Sea Scrolls Discovered? Heritage: Civilization and the Jews.
   4. What effect has the media had on the study of the Dead Sea Scrolls? Prof. Lawrence H. Schiffman. Produced by Down Low Pictures for COJS.
   5. Dead Sea Scrolls, NOVA.
   6. Why were the Scrolls hidden in caves? Reproduced with permission from Secrets of the Caves. Produced by Biblical Archaeology Society. Prof. Ronald Hendel.
   7. How did Prof. Eleazar Sukenik authenticate the Dead Sea Scrolls? Reproduced with permission from Secrets of the Caves. Produced by Biblical Archaeology Society. Prof. Ronald Hendel.
   8. Who was the second person to recognize the antiquity of the Dead Sea Scrolls? Reproduced with permission from Secrets of the Caves. Produced by Biblical Archaeology Society. Prof. Ronald Hendel.
   9. How were the Dead Sea Scrolls acquired? Reproduced with permission from Secrets of the Caves. Produced by Biblical Archaeology Society. Prof. Ronald Hendel.
   10. How was the Temple Scroll discovered? Reproduced with permission from Secrets of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Produced by World of the Bible Productions.
   11. How did the Israeli Government take possession of the Temple Scroll? Reproduced with permission from Secrets of the Caves. Produced by Biblical Archaeology Society. Prof. Ronald Hendel.
6. Educational Resources
   1. The Discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls: The Bible Scholar Who Became an Undercover Agent
   2. Buried 2000 Years: The Dead Sea Scrolls (Short Story)