On scrolls, artefacts and intellectual property

What are the legal rights to ancient documents of editors, archaeologists, curators, or modern states? In the light of recent controversies, this collection emphasizes the status of the Dead Sea Scrolls. The Dead Sea Scrolls were found in Palestine, recovered in Jordan, and largely edited by an inte...

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Contributors: Lim, Timothy 1960- (Editor)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Sheffield Sheffield Academic Press 2001
In: Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha / Supplement series (38)
Year: 2001
Reviews:, in: OLZ 98 (2003) 197-200 (Dahmen, Ulrich)
, in: RBLit (2004)* (2004)* (Zuckerman, Bruce)
Volumes / Articles:Show volumes/articles.
Series/Journal:Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha / Supplement series 38
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Dead Sea scrolls, Qumran Scrolls / Copyright
IxTheo Classification:HA Bible
HD Early Judaism
HH Archaeology
Further subjects:B Collection of essays
B Copyright Congresses Israel
B Dead Sea Scrolls Congresses
B Copyright Congresses Moral rights
B Intellectual property (International law) Congresses
B Conference program 1999 (Edinburgh)
B Dead Sea Scrolls
B Miqsat Ma'aseh ha-Tora
B Bible
B Manuscripts, Hebrew Congresses
B Copyright Congresses Manuscripts
B Qumran
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Summary:What are the legal rights to ancient documents of editors, archaeologists, curators, or modern states? In the light of recent controversies, this collection emphasizes the status of the Dead Sea Scrolls. 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in Palestine, recovered in Jordan, and largely edited by an international Christian team who prevented public access to unpublished manuscripts.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archaeologists, editors and curators, but focuses on the issue of 'authorship' of the Scrolls, both published and unpublished, and the contributors include legal experts as well as many of the major figures in recent controversies, such as Hershel Shanks, John Strugnell, Geza Vermes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.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:1841272124