Hershel Shanks

Hershel Shanks

History

Founder, Biblical Archaeology Review A former lawyer, Shanks became keenly interested in archaeology after a 1972 sabbatical in Jerusalem. He went on to become the founder of the Biblical Archaeology Society and the Editor of the Biblical Archaeology Review (BAR), one of the most popular and influential magazines on the archaeology of the Holy Land. He has written and edited numerous books, magazines and articles.

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Hershel Shanks

Movies

Patterns of Evidence: The Red Sea Miracle II
Self
THE RED SEA MIRACLE 2 continues to raise big questions about biblical miracles. Introducing the second film in a new two-part series by Patterns of Evidence’s award-winning filmmaker, Timothy Mahoney. How could thousands of feet of water be parted at the Red Sea? Or was the sea merely parted by the act of wind in nature, through a shallow Egyptian lake? Mahoney investigates these locations to see if any have a pattern of evidence matching the Bible. People of faith will be inspired and skeptics will have much to think about as Mahoney reveals two decades of documentary research including if divers found the remains of Pharaoh's army on the seafloor. This cinematic journey leads him to inquire… “Do miracles still happen today?”
Patterns of Evidence: The Red Sea Miracle
Patterns of Evidence: The Red Sea Miracle , is the first in a two-part film series by Patterns of Evidence’s award-winning filmmaker, Timothy Mahoney. In this investigation he examines the journey to the crossing location, looking at two competing views of the Red Sea Miracle. One he calls the “Egyptian Approach,” which looks near Egypt. The other he calls the “Hebrew Approach,” which looks far from Egypt to the Gulf of Aqaba where divers have been searching for the remains of Pharaoh’s army on the seafloor. The investigation raises giant questions about the real location for the crossing site and its implications on your view of God. The answers to these questions point to one of two very different realities.