On Scrolls, Artefacts And Intellectual Property

Lim, Timothy H - MacQueen, Hector L - Carmichael, Calum M [editors]

ISBN 10: 1841272124 / ISBN 13: 9781841272122

Published by Sheffield Academic Press, 2001

About this Item

Cloth, dj, F/F. 269pp, a nice fine copy. New. Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigraphia Supplement Series volume 38. A collection of essays looking at the Dead Sea Scrolls and the copyright and legal ownership questions that they raise. Can anyone calim ownership of reconsrtuctionsof ancient texts? Although the book concentrates of the legal status of ther scrolls the book has implications & ideas for all archaeologists concerned about who actually owns what they find. 550 grams.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: On Scrolls, Artefacts And Intellectual Property
• Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1841272124
• ISBN 13: 9781841272122
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Weight: 550 grams

About this title

Synopsis

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in Palestine, recovered in Jordan, and largely edited by an international Christian team who prevented public access to unpublished manuscripts.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archaeologists, editors and curators, but focuses on the issue of 'authorship' of the Scrolls, both published and unpublished, and the contributors include legal experts as well as many of the major figures in recent controversies, such as Hershel Shanks, John Strugnell, Geza Vermes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.

About the Authors

Dr. Timothy Lim is Reader in Hebrew and Old Testament Studies, University of Edinburgh.

Hector MacQueen is Professor of Private Law and Deputy Head of the College of Humanities and Social Science at the University of Edinburgh.

Lester L. Grabbe is Professor Emeritus of Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism at the University of Hull. He is founder and convenor of the European Seminar in Historical Methodology. A recent book is Ancient Israel:What Do We Know and How Do We Know it?