On Scrolls, Artefacts and Intellectual Property (Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha Supplement) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1841272124 ISBN 13: 9781841272122

Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press, 2001

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Palestine, recovered in Jordan, and largely edited by an international Christian team who prevented public access to unpublished manuscripts.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archaeologists, editors and curators, but focuses on the issue of 'authorship' of the Scrolls, both published and unpublished, and the contributors include legal experts as well as many of the major figures in recent controversies, such as Hershel Shanks, John Strugnell, Geza Vermes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

About the Authors

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

Calum Carmichael is Professor of Comparative Literature, Department of Comparative Literature and Adjunct Professor of Law, Cornell Law School, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.

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

Edition details

• Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1841272124
• ISBN 13: 9781841272122
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272
• Editor: Lim Timothy