Shanks, Hershel

LC control no.	n 88061341
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Shanks, Hershel *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Located	Washington (D.C.)
Birth date	1930-03-08
Death date	2021-02-05
Place of birth	Sharon (Pa.)
Place of death	Washington (D.C.)
Field of activity	Bible--Antiquities Law Dead Sea scrolls
Affiliation	Biblical Archaeology Society Glassie, Pewett, Dudley, Beebe and Shanks
Profession or occupation	Biblical scholars Editors Lawyers
Found in	Ancient Israel, c1988: CIP t.p. (Hershel Shanks) LC data base, 7-7-88 (hdg.: Shanks, Hershel) Frank Moore Cross, c1994: CIP t.p. (Hershel Shanks) data sheet (b. 3-8-30) Wikipedia, viewed July 29, 2014 Hershel Shanks (Hershel Shanks (born March 8, 1930, Sharon, Pennsylvania) is the founder of the Biblical Archaeology Society and the editor of the Biblical Archaeology Review and has written and edited numerous works on Biblical archaeology including the Dead Sea Scrolls.) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hershel_Shanks> Washington post WWW site, viewed Feb. 10, 2021 (When Hershel Shanks moved his family to Israel in 1972, he was on sabbatical from his legal practice. Deciding to write a pamphlet for visitors, Mr. Shanks ended up publishing a full-length book--"The City of David: A Guide to Biblical Jerusalem" (1973). Mr. Shanks had found a new calling. Returning to Washington, he started Biblical Archaeology Review in 1975. Mr. Shanks was 90 when he died Feb. 5 at his home in Washington. Hershel Shanks was born in Sharon, Pa., on March 8, 1930. After working as a trial lawyer in the Justice Department's civil division, he rose to partner in the Washington law firm of Glassie, Pewett, Dudley, Beebe and Shanks, which specialized in real estate law. In 1968 he published a book collecting legal opinions by federal judge Learned Hand, titled "The Art and Craft of Judging")
Associated language	eng