Hershel Shanks
Feb 8
Unwavering and Obstreperous
By: William G. Dever
I’m one of the few people who can say they knew Hershel Shanks and BAR before they both became famous. In 1972, when I was […]
Feb 8
Scaling Ivory Towers
By: Alan Millard
To see yourself as others see you can be helpful, instructive, revealing, disconcerting, and even irritating! Hershel styles himself “an archaeology outsider” in his autobiography. […]
Feb 7
The Archaeological Evangelist
By: Amy-Jill Levine
It is difficult to say no to Hershel Shanks. Much like Jesus, he has the capacity to say to otherwise busy people, “Come, follow me. […]
Mar 20
Introducing … the BAR
By: Hershel Shanks
The aim of The Biblical Archaeology Review is to make available in understandable language the current insights of professional archaeology as they relate to the […]




