On Scrolls, Artefacts and Intellectual Property
On Scrolls, Artefacts and Intellectual Property

On Scrolls, Artefacts and Intellectual Property

in Library of Second Temple Studies

by eds. Lim, Timothy H.; MacQueen, Hector; Carmichael, Calum M.

Pages 272
Publisher T&T Clark
Published 2001
ISBN-13 9781841272122
The Dead Sea Scrolls were found in Palestine, recovered in Jordan, and largely edited by an international Christian team who prevented public access to unpublished manuscripts. Subsquently, the state of Israel, which had already purchased many of the Scrolls, has assumed responsibility for all of them. Most recently, one scroll editor has claimed copyright on his reconstruction, instigating a lawsuit and introducing serious implications for future Scrolls scholarship. This volume looks at international copyright and property rights as they affect archaeologists, editors and curators, but focuses on the issue of 'authorship' of the Scrolls, both published and unpublished, and the contributors include legal experts as well as many of the major figures in recent controversies, such as Hershel Shanks, John Strugnell, Geza Vermes and Emanuel Tov.

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