Five publishing firms in the United States, Israel and Britain will cooperate on an international project to publish a five-volume set of books on biblical culture and history representing an investment of about $1,000,000, it was announced here today. The books will be published in the fall of this year.
The publishers who signed the contract for publication of the books, which were written by an editorial board of Hebrew University scholars over an eight-year period, are McGraw-Hill of N.Y., Biblical Heritage, Ltd., of New York, International Publishing Co., Ltd. of Israel, Oldbourne Press Ltd., of London and Jerrold & Sons Ltd., of Norwich, England.
The 1,500-page five-volume set will be printed in Israel and Britain. Benjamin Eliav, Consul General of Israel in New York, and Yeshayahu Stopper, Consul and Trade Commissioner of Israel, were present for the contract signing by the presidents of the five houses at the McGraw-Hill office here.
Another project of the five-publisher group is a forthcoming study of “The Art of Warfare in the Biblical Lands” by Prof. Yigal Yadin of Hebrew University.
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