Kenneth Hanson
Author of Dead Sea Scrolls: The Untold Story
About the Author
Kenneth Hanson, Ph.d, an Assistant Professor of Judaic Studies at the University of Central Florida in Orlando served as advisor and expert on the History Channel's "Banned from the Bible II." A natural story teller, Dr. Hanson has, through his books Dead Sea Scrolls: The Untold Story, Kabbalah, show more Essene Book of Everyday Virtues and Secrets from the Lost Bible, made ancient texts accessible to everyone. Dr. Hanson studied Hebrew in Jerusalem and lived for many years in Israel before returning to the United States to earn his doctorate in Hebrew Studies at the University of Texas. He travels back to the Middle East frequently to research the sites and documents of Judaism and early Christianity. show less
Disambiguation Notice:
According to Library of Congress Authorities record the Kenneth L. Hanson noted above not the same as Kenneth L. Hanson, author of Marriages from Venango County.
Works by Kenneth Hanson
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- Canonical name
- Hanson, Kenneth
- Legal name
- Hanson, Kenneth L.
- Other names
- Jerusalem Jones
- Birthdate
- 1953-12-14
- Gender
- male
- Education
- University of Texas at Austin (Ph.D. in Judaic Studies, 1991)
- Occupations
- Associate Professor, University of Central Florida, Judaic Studies Program
- Short biography
- Kenneth L. Hanson is an associate professor in the University of Central Florida Judaic Studies Program. He earned a Ph.D. in Judaic Studies from the University of Texas at Austin, in 1991. He has since published five books, including: Dead Sea Scrolls: The Untold Story (San Francisco, Council Oak Books, 1997),Kabbalah: Three Thousand Years of Mystic Tradition (San Francisco, Council Oak Books, 1998), Words of Light: Spiritual Wisdom from the Dead Sea Scrolls (San Francisco, Council Oak Books, 2000), Secrets from the Lost Bible (San Francisco, Council Oak Books, 2005), and Blood Kin of Jesus (San Francisco, Council Oak Books, 2010). He has also published a number of scholarly articles focusing on the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Judaism of late antiquity. His research was featured in the 2007 History Channel documentary, "Banned from the Bible II." Dr. Hanson continues to give public lectures in multiple venues. He teaches a wide range of Judaic Studies courses, including Jewish history and culture, the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Hebrew Bible.
- Nationality
- USA
- Disambiguation notice
- According to Library of Congress Authorities record the Kenneth L. Hanson noted above not the same as Kenneth L. Hanson, author of Marriages from Venango County.
- Associated Place (for map)
- USA
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Less than half way through this book, I realized that Hanson had an agenda in mind when writing this book, one I disagree with. I was looking for factual information and instead I found myself being preached at. Setting aside religious differences, I did learn some interesting information about the history of the Scrolls from the book. Once you set aside the author's religious preferences, however, there is very little left.
I really disliked this book. Even though the subject is of great interest to me, it is poorly written, badly edited and definitely not proofread at all. Bad all around and I am positive there are much better books out there on the Dead Sea Scrolls.
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