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Kolowich, Steve – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2009
Few academic debates are as contentious as those surrounding the Dead Sea Scrolls. These fragments of some 800 ancient documents include portions of all but one book of the Hebrew Bible. The first ones were discovered in 1947 by shepherds in caves on the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea, and are believed to be the oldest surviving Judaic…
Descriptors: Middle Eastern History, Web Sites, Jews, Electronic Publishing
Leatherman, Courtney – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2000
Reports on a tenure controversy within the Indiana University department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures that has involved possible death threats, a hunger strike, and controversy over the department's continued existence. For now the professor, an expert on Islamic philosophy, remains at the institution, other faculty have left, and…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Cultural Awareness, Decision Making, Departments