Hershel Shanks (Mar 8, 1930-Feb 5, 2021)
Like him or not, he was a major player both in terms of the DSS and as a populariser of biblical^1 archaeology through BAR, which held many of the tempestuous Minimalism/Maximalism debates in the 1990s.
^1 Yes, yes, I know.
Posted Feb 12, 2021, 9:15 PM UTC
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Seems to me that his publication of the DSS was a righteous blow against one of the less noble aspects of academia.