by hadassah | Nov 26, 2008 | Discovery and Acquisition
Classified Ad, The Wall Street Journal, June 1, 1954 In 1954, the Syrian Metropolitan was still in possession of four large manuscripts. He was unwilling to sell to Israel for political reasons, but had been unable to attract a high enough price...
by hadassah | Nov 24, 2008 | Discovery and Acquisition
Dead Sea Scrolls: A Short History, Hershel Shanks, Biblical Archaeology Review (33:03), May/Jun 2007. In early 1947 (or late 1946) an Arab shepherd searching for a lost sheep threw a rock into a cave in the limestone cliffs on the northwestern shore of the Dead...
by hadassah | Jun 23, 2008 | Discovery and Acquisition
Yigael Yadin 1917–1984, Hershel Shanks, Biblical Archaeology Review (10:05), Sep/Oct 1984. Israel’s most celebrated Biblical archaeologist, Yigael Yadin, died of a heart attack on Jun 28 at the age of 67. The world of Biblical archaeology has been impoverished....
by hadassah | Apr 9, 2008 | Discovery and Acquisition
Qumran Cave 4 The largest collection of texts was found in this cave, which yielded fragments of some 550 manuscripts. The cave served as a library for the inhabitants of Qumran, and was filled with wooden shelves. This cave was artificially hollowed out of the...
by hadassah | Apr 9, 2008 | Discovery and Acquisition
Excerpt from A Prophet Amongst You, Neil Asher Silberman, Addison-Wesley, Reading, 1993. The afternoon of June 5, Eshkol’s cabinet remained convened for continuous consultations. Israeli progress into Sinai was proceeding according to schedule, and with...
by hadassah | Apr 9, 2008 | Discovery and Acquisition, Returning and Redemption
Past Perfect: Shall I Go to Bethlehem?, Yigael Yadin, Biblical Archaeology Review (33:3), May/June 2007. As the United Nations was deliberating over a resolution that would partition Palestine and recommend the establishment of a Jewish state, Hebrew University...