The Flight of the Phoenix (1965 film) The Flight of the Phoenix (1965 film) The Flight of the Phoenix is a 1965 American drama film starring James Stewart, produced and directed by Robert Aldrich, and based on the 1964 novel "The Flight of the Phoenix" by Elleston Trevor. The story describes a small group of men struggling to survive their aircraft's emergency landing in the Sahara Desert, and stars Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch, Hardy Krüger and Ernest Borgnine. The ensemble cast includes Ian Bannen, Ronald Fraser, Christian Marquand, Dan Duryea and George Kennedy as other passengers on the aircraft. Though the film was a failure at the
Discoveries in the Judaean Desert early 1990's, the international publishing team was reorganized and enlarged. The reorganization involved support from the Israel Antiquities Authority.During the peak of the publication project, in the 1990's, the international team consisted of ninety-eight scholars. In the ten years leading up to 2001 Dr. Tov and his team issued 28 volumes. Tov resigned as editor-in-chief in 2009. Marcus reviewed "Discoveries in the Judaean Desert", Vol. I: Qumran Cave I. He complimented the authors on their great effort and their contribution to the knowledge of the Qumran findings. On the other hand he pointed out a few inconsistencies in the translation