Shanks, Hershel (Autor Personal)

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")