On Scrolls, Artefacts and Intellectual Property: (The Library of Second Temple Studies)
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On Scrolls, Artefacts and Intellectual Property: (The Library of Second Temple Studies)

On Scrolls, Artefacts and Intellectual Property: (The Library of Second Temple Studies)

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Timothy Lim (Contributor) Calum Carmichael (Contributor) Hector MacQueen (Contributor)  

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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in Palestine, recovered in Jordan, and largely edited by an international Christian team who prevented public access to unpublished manuscripts.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archaeologists, editors and curators, but focuses on the issue of 'authorship' of the Scrolls, both published and unpublished, and the contributors include legal experts as well as many of the major figures in recent controversies, such as Hershel Shanks, John Strugnell, Geza Vermes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.
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.
  • Contributor: Timothy Lim
  • Imprint: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
  • ISBN13: 9781841272122
  • Number of Pages: 272
  • Packaged Weight: 300
  • Format: Hardback
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Release Date: 2001-10-01
  • Series: The Library of Second Temple Studies
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Biography: 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.

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