Biblical Archaeology Review (BAR) has announced that good ol' boy Hershel Shanks (the controversial editor of BAR) has written a book about the Copper Scroll and the hunt for the Temple Treasure. (I had written about the Copper Scroll back in June, totally unrelated to this development).
It's probably a rip-roaring good read. Shanks has never been one to step back from controversy :) And, really, you don't need to know a thing about bible history or even ancient history, I'm sure he'll walk the reader hrough it and give the particulars and background the reader needs to know to get a full sense for and appreciation of the story, rather like Graham Hancock is a grand story-teller in his books that are classified as "alternate history" or "alternative anthropology" or "alternative archaeology."
One doesn't need to be a believer in the Christian Bible or a believer at all in order to appreciate BAR, I've been a fan for years. In fact, some people think Shanks is the Devil Incarnate because he publishes alternative views and contradictory views and theories in issue after issue. I just love a man with an independent mind :)
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