CURRICULUM VITAE

(Abbreviated Version 2/5/02)

 

William G. Dever, Professor Emeritus

Department of Near Eastern Studies

 

 

EDUCATION

 

1955            B.A., Milligan College (cum laude in Religion)

1959            M.A., Butler University (summa cum laude; major in Semitics)

1959            B.D., Christian Theological Seminary (cum laude in Hebrew and Greek)

1966            Ph.D., Harvard University.  Thesis:  "The EV IV-MB I Period in Syria-Palestine, ca. 2150-1850 B.C." (awarded "Distinction").  Major in Syro-Palestinian Archaeology; minors in Northwest Semitic Languages and Literature, Hebrew Bible

1997            Ll.D., honoris causa, Hebrew Union College/Jewish Institute of Religion

 

FELLOWSHIPS AND ACADEMIC HONORS

 

Robert H. Pfeiffer Travelling Fellow of Harvard University, 1962, 1964-65

Member:  Theta Phi, Phi Kappa Phi

The Percia Schimmel Prize, the Israel Museum, 1982 (for distinction in archaeology)

John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, 1981-82 (Israel)

The Samuel and Althea Stroum Lectureship, University of Washington, 1985

The Norton Lectureship, Archaeological Institute of America, 1990-91 (10 lectures nationwide)

The P.E. MacAllister Award (for distinguished contributions to Near Eastern archaeology), 1997

 

EMPLOYMENT

 

1964-65           Archaeological Fellow, Nelson Glueck School of Biblical

Archaeology, Jerusalem

1966-67           Senior Archaeological Fellow, Ibid.

1967-68           Assistant Professor and Executive Officer, Ibid.

1968-71           Director, Ibid.

1969-70           Visiting Professor of Biblical Archaeology, Hebrew Union

College, Cincinnati (on sabbatical)

1971-75           Director, W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research,

Jerusalem (formerly the "American School of Oriental Research");

also Professor of Near Eastern History and Archeology

(1973-75)

1973-75           Associate Professor of Archaeology, Hebrew University, Jerusalem

(School for Overseas Students)

1971-75           Associate Professor of Archaeology, Christian Theological

Seminary, Indianapolis (in absentia)

1975-Present   Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology and Anthropology, Near Eastern Studies and Anthropology Departments, University of Arizona, Tucson; also Head, Department of Oriental Studies (1978-81), Head, Department of Near Eastern Studies (1989-1994)

1981-82           Visiting Professor of Archaeology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Professor, School for Overseas Students, Brandeis

University, Jerusalem (on sabbatical on Guggenheim)

1989                Visiting Professor, Department of Near Eastern Studies, University of Michigan; Visiting Professor, Andrews University (both Spring semester, on sabbatical)

1998                ADistinguished Visiting Scholar,@ Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheba, Israel (Spring term)

 

PROFESSIONAL AND FIELD EXPERIENCE

 

1962-64           Area Supervisor, Shechem (West Bank)

1964-65           Architect and Photographer, Gezer (Israel)

1966-71           Director, Harvard Semitic Museum--Hebrew Union College

Excavations at Gezer (six consecutive summers)

1972-74           Senior Advisor, Gezer

1967-71           Director, Kh. el-Qôm, Jebel Qacaqir (West Bank)

1978-80           Co-Director, Central Negev Highlands Project (with Rudolph

Cohen)

1981-85           Principal Investigator, Tell el-Hayyat excavations (Jordan)

1982-96           Principal Advisor, Tell Miqne (Israel)

1984                Director, Gezer

1986--             Principal Investigator, Tell Wawiyat Regional Project (Israel)

1986-88           Principal Advisor, Beth-shan Valley Survey (Israel)

1990                Director, Gezer

1998--             Principal Advisor, Tell Zeitah excavations (Israel)

 

 

EDITORIAL POSITIONS

 

Editorial Board, The Biblical Archaeologist (1969-77)

Editor, Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research (1978-84); member of Editorial      Board (1969-1993)

Editorial Board, Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology (1987-1992)

Principal Editorial Advisor, all archaeological entries, Anchor Bible Dictionary (1992; six volumes)

Editorial Board, American Journal of Archaeology (1989B1996)

Editor, Annuals of the American Schools of Oriental Research (1989-1997)

Editorial Board, Archaeology (1993B2000)

Senior Editor for Israel/Palestine, Oxford Encyclopedia of Near Eastern Archaeology (5 volumes;  1996)

Editorial Board, Journal for the Critical Study of Religion (1998B)

Editorial Board, Archaeological Odyssey (1999B)

Editorial Board, Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

Section Editor, Women in Archaeology: The Classical World and the Near East (2 volumes; 2001)

 

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

 

American Schools of Oriental Research (Trustee, 1976-82; Vice President 1982-88, oversight of more than 40 ASOR excavations throughout the Middle East; Life Trustee and Patron of the Jerusalem School, the W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research, 1989--; Vice President, Cyprus American Archaeological Institute (1994-1996); Trustee, ASOR, 1996--.

Archaeological Institute of America (Member of Executive Committee, 1976-82; Chairman of Publications Committee, 1979-81; Member of Lecture Tour Committee, 1988-1994; Norton Lecturer, 1990-91; Member of Near East Committee, 1993; 1999--co-founder, Southern Arizona chapter, 1976; Member of Gold Medal and Foreign Memberships Committees, 1994--)

American Oriental Society (Chairman of Nominating Committee, Western Branch, 1977-80)

Israel Exploration Society (member)

Society of Biblical Literature (member)

Reviewer for NEH General Research Program grants (1976--); Senior Review Panels, Washington:  Challenge Grants Program, 1982; Old World Archaeology, 1985, 1999

Reviewer for National Geographic Society grants in archaeology (1979--)

Major consultant, Chaplains' Training Program, Department of the Navy, on theme "Archaeology and Biblical Studies" (1986-87; 10 weeks of workshops for all 1200 Navy chaplains)

 

 

POST-DOCTORAL GRANTS

1966            American Philosophical Society (Summer), $1,050; travel in Eastern Europe

1966-71       The Smithsonian Institution, ca. $750,000 in PL 480 funds; Harvard Semitic Museum/Hebrew Union College Excavations at Gezer (Israel)

1976            University of Arizona Foundation, $2,500; summer (Israel)

1978            University of Arizona Foundation, $4,500; summer (Israel)

1979            University of Arizona Foundation, $15,000; summer (Israel)

1979            National Endowment for the Humanities, $17,500; Central Negev Highlands Project (Israel)

1980            National Endowment for the Humanities, $81,680; Central Negev Highlands Project (Israel)

1981-83       National Endowment for the Humanities/Society of Biblical Literature, $3,000; a history of Syro-Palestinian and Biblical Archaeology

1982            University of Arizona Foundation, $30,000; Tell el-Hayyat excavations (Israel)

1983            National Geographic Society, $15,000; Tell el-Hayyat excavations (Israel)

1984            University of Arizona Foundation, $15,000; Gezer excavations

1984            National Geographic Society, $15,000; Gezer excavations

1985-86       National Endowment for the Humanities, $250,000 (five Principal Investigators); summer workshop in N.E. Archaeology, University of Pennsylvania

1985-89       University of Arizona Foundation, $45,000; Tell Wawiyat excavations

1995            National Endowment for the Humanities, $86,540; Summer Seminar for College Teachers.

1999            Shelby White-Leon Levy Foundation, $25,000; Jebel Qacaqir and Beer Resisim excavations (Israel)

 

LECTURESHIPS (more than 100 invited; some 35 at international symposia)

 

ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

 

1977-87       Member of Graduate Council; Chairman, Committee on Dissertation Awards, 1982-83

1978-81       Member of All-University Promotion and Tenure Committee

1977-78       Chairman (honorary), Department of Oriental Studies

1978-81       Head, Department of Oriental Studies (35 Faculty)

1982-83       Member of Search Committee for Dean of Faculty of Social and

Behavioral Sciences

1983--         Member, President's Club (for contributions to the University)

1984-85       Member, Executive Committee, Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences

1989-93       Head and Founder, Department of Near Eastern Studies

1989            Led UA Alumni trip to Egypt

 

SUPERVISION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS

 

Founder and Major Advisor of graduate program in Syro-Palestinian archaeology, Near Eastern Studies and Anthropology Departments, 1979—present.  Supervised more than 20 Ph.D. dissertations.

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

A.  Books and Monographs

 

1970            Co-author (with H. D. Lance and G.E. Wright), Gezer I. Preliminary Report of the 1964-66 Seasons.  Annual of the HUCBASJ, I. Jerusalem:  Hebrew Union College.

1973            Co-editor (with S. Paul), Biblical Archaeology.  Library of Jewish Knowledge Series.  Jerusalem:  Keter Press.

1974            Archaeology and Biblical Studies:  Retrospects and Prospects. The Winslow Lectures at Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, 1972.  Evanston:  Seabury-Western.

1974            Editor and co-author (with R. G. Bullard, D. P. Cole, H. D. Lance, J.D. Seger), Gezer II.  Report of the 1967-71 Seasons in Fields I and II. Annual of the NGSBAJ, II.  Jerusalem:  Hebrew Union College. 

1978            Co-editor (with H. D. Lance), A Manual of Field Excavation:  Handbook for Field Archaeologists.  New York:  Hebrew Union College.

1987            Editor and principal author, Gezer IV.  The 1968-71 Seasons in Field VI, The "Acropolis."  Annual of the NGSBAJ, IV (two volumes).  Jerusalem:  Hebrew Union College.

1989            Co-editor (with S. Gitin), Recent Excavations in Israel: Studies in Iron Age Archaeology.  Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research 49.  Winona Lake, IN: American Schools of Oriental Research.

1990            Recent Archaeological Discoveries and Biblical Research (the Stroum Lectures, University of Washington, 1985).  Seattle: University of Washington Press.

1992            Editor (author A. Leonard). The Jordan Valley Survey, 1953:  Some Unpublished Soundings Conducted by James Mellaart.  Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 50.  Winona Lake, IN: American Schools of Oriental Research.

1994a          (ed.) Preliminary Excavation Reports: Sardis, Paphos, Caesarea, Maritima, Shiqmim, cAin Ghazzal.  Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research 51.  Winona Lake, IN: American Schools of Oriental Research, 1994.

1994b          Studies in Scarab Seals, Volume Three: Scarab Typology and Archaeological Context. An Essay an Middle Bronze Chronology.  San Antonio: Van Siclen Books, 1994 (with W.A. Ward).

1995            (ed.) Preliminary Excavation Reports: Sardis, Bir Umm Fawkhir, Tell el-Umeiri, The Combined Caesarea Expeditions, and Tell Dothan.  Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research 52.  Winona Lake, IN: American Schools of Oriental Research, 1995.

1996            (ed.) Preliminary Excavation Reports: Sardis, Idalion, Tell Handaquq South.  Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research 53.  Winona Lake, IN: American Schools of Oriental Research.

1997            The Echoes of Many Texts: Reflections on Jewish and Christian Traditions. Essays in Honor of Lou H. Silberman (co-editor, with J.E. Wright).  Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1997.

1998            Gezer: At the Crossroads of Ancient Israel.  Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society, (Hebrew).

2001a          What Did the Biblical Writers Know, and When Did They Know It?  What Archaeology Can Tell Us About the Reality of Ancient Israel. Grand Rapids: Wm B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.

2001b          Co-editor (with S. Richard), A Reader in the Archaeology of Palestine, Winona Lake : Eisenbrauns.

2001c          AFor Those Who Sleep in the Dust@: Essays on the Bronze and Iron Ages of Ancient Palestine, ed. L.E. Stager.  Harvard Semitic Museum Monographs.  Cambridge: Harvard University Press.

2001d          Who were the Early Israelites, and Where Did they Come From?

2001e          Symbiosis, Symbolism and the Power of the Past: Canaan, Israel and their Neighbors. Co-editor (with S. Gitin), Winona Lake: American Schools of Oriental Research.    

 

B.  Chapters in Books

 

1970            "The `Middle Bronze I' Period in Syria and Palestine."  Pp. 132-163 in J. A. Sanders, ed., Near Eastern Archaeology in the Twentieth Century.  Garden City:  Doubleday; The Nelson Glueck Festschrift.

1976a          "Gezer."  Pp. 432-443 in M. Avi-Yonah, ed., Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land, Vol. II.  Jerusalem:  Massada.

1976b          "The Beginning of the Middle Bronze Age in Syria-Palestine.  Pp. 3-38 in F.M. Cross, Jr., W.E. Lemke, and P.D. Miller, eds., Magnalia Dei:  The Mighty Acts of God.  Essays on the Bible and Archaeology in Memory of G. Ernest Wright.  Garden City:  Doubleday.

1977a          "The Middle Bronze I Occupation and Pottery of `Araq en-Nasâneh (Cave II)."  Pp. 33-48 in P.W. and N.L. Lapp, eds., Discoveries in the Wadi Dâliyeh.  Cambridge:  American Schools of Oriental Research.

1977b          "Palestine in the Second Millennium B.C.E.: The Archaeological Picture."  Pp. 70-120 in H. J. Hays and J.M. Miller, eds., Israelite and Judean History.  Philadelphia:  Westminster.

1983a          "The Late Bronze, Iron Age, and Hellenistic Defences at Gezer."  Journal of Jewish Studies 33:19-34 (Yadin Festschrift).

1983b          "Recent Archaeological Confirmation of the Cult of Asherah in Ancient Israel."  Hebrew Studies 23:37-43 (M. Mansour Festschrift).

1983c          "Monumental Architecture in Ancient Israel in the Period of the United Monarchy."  Pp. 269-306 in T. Ishida, ed., Studies in the Period of David and Solomon and Other Essays.  Tokyo:  Yamakawa-Shuppansha.

1983d          "Material Remains and the Cult in Ancient Israel: An Essay in Archaeological Systematics."  Pp. 571-587 in Carol L. Meyers and M. O'Connor, eds., The Word of the Lord Shall Go Forth: Essays in Honor of David Noel Freedman in Celebration of His Sixtieth Birthday.  Philadelphia:  American Schools of Oriental Research.

1985a          "Syro-Palestinian and Biblical Archaeology."  Pp. 31-74 in D. A. Knight and G.M. Tucker, eds., The Hebrew Bible and Its Modern Interpreters.  Philadelphia:  Fortress Press.

1985b          "From the End of the Early Bronze to the Beginning of the Middle Bronze."  Pp. 113-135 in J. Amitai, ed., Biblical Archaeology Today.  Jerusalem:  Israel Exploration Society.

1985c          "Relations Between Syria-Palestine and Egypt in the 'Hyksos' Period."  Pp. 69-87 in J.N. Tubb, ed., Palestine in the Bronze and Iron Age:  Essays in Honour of Olga Tufnell.  London:  Aris & Phillips.

1986            "Abel Beth-Ma'acah:  Northern Gateway of Ancient Israel."  Pp. 207-222 in L.T. Geraty and L.G. Herr, eds., The Archaeology of Jordan and Other Studies.  Berrien Springs:  Andrews University (Siegried Horn Festschrift).

1987a          "The Contribution of Archaeology to the Study of Canaanite and Israelite Religion."  Pp. 209-247 in P.D. Miller, Jr., P.D. Hanson, and S.D. McBride, eds., Ancient Israelite Religion:  Essays in Honor of Frank Moore Cross.  Philadelphia:  Fortress.

1987b          "Funerary Practices in Syria-Palestine in EB IV (MB I):  A Study in Cultural Discontinuity."  Pp. 9-19 in John Marks, ed., Love and Death in the Ancient Near East:  Essays in Honor of Marvin H. Pope.  Guilford, CN:  Four Quarters Publishing Co.

1988a          "Impact of the `New Archaeology'."  Pp. 337-352 in J.F. Drinkard, Jr., G.L. Mattingly, and J.M. Miller, eds.  Benchmarks in Time and Culture:  Introduction to Palestinian Archaeology.  Atlanta:  Scholars Press.

1988b          "Cave I.3A:  The Pottery."  Pp. 21-33 in Gezer V.  The Caves in Field I (J.D. Seger, author) Annual of the NGSBAJ, V.  Jerusalem: Hebrew Union College.

1989a          "The Collapse of the Urban Early Bronze Age in Palestine: Toward a Systemic Analysis." Pp. 225-46 in P. de Miroschedji, ed., "L'Urbanisation de la Palestine à l'âge du Bronze ancien.  Oxford: BAR International Series.

1989b          "Archaeology in Israel Today:  A Summation and Critique."  Pp. 143-152 in S. Gitin and W.G. Dever, eds., Recent Excavations in Israel: Studies in Iron Age Archaeology.  Annuals of the American Schools of Oriental Research 49.  Winona Lake, IN:  American Schools of Oriental Research. 

1990            "Religion and Cult in Ancient Israel: Social and Economic Implications."  Pp. 175-180 in P. Matthiae, ed., Anathema: Regime del offerte ed economica dei santuari nell Mediterraneo anticho.  Scienze dell 'antichità storia archeologia antropologia 3-4 (1989-1990). Rome: University of Rome.

1991a          "Archaeology, Material Culture and the Early Monarchical Period."  Pp. 103-115 in D.V. Edelman, ed., The Fabric of History. Text, Artifact and Israel's Past.  Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press.

1991b          "Unresolved Issues in the Early History of Israel: Toward a Synthesis of and Textual Reconstructions."  Pp. 195-208 in D. Jobling, P.L. Day, and G.T. Sheppard, eds., The Bible and the Politics of Exegesis.  Cleveland: Pilgrim Press.

1992a          "How to Tell a Canaanite from an Israelite."  Pp. 27-56 in H. Shanks, ed., The Rise of Ancient Israel.  Washington: Biblical Archaeology Society.

1992b          "The Late Bronze-Early Iron I Horizon in Syria-Palestine.  Egyptians, Canaanites, 'Sea Peoples,' and 'Proto-Israelites'."  Pp. 99-110 in W.A. Ward and M.S. Joukowsky, eds. The Crisis Years: The 12th Century B.C.: From Beyond the Danube to the Tigris.  Dubuque: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company.

1992d          "The Chronology of Syria-Palestine in the Second Millennium B.C.E.: A Review of Current Issues."  Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 288: 1-25.

1992e          "Pastoral Nomadism and the End of the Early Bronze Age in Palestine."  Pp. 83-94 in O. Bar-Yosef and A. Khazanov, eds., Pastoralism in the Levant. Archaeological Materials in Anthropological Perspective.  Madison, WI: Prehistory Press.

1993a          "Biblical Archaeology--Death and Rebirth?"  Pp. 706-22 in A. Biran and J. Aviram, eds., Biblical Archaeology Today, 1990. Proceedings of the Second International Congress on Biblical Archaeology, Jerusalem, June 1990.  Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society.

1993b          "The Rise of Complexity in Palestine in the Early Second Millennium B.C."  Pp. 98-109 in Biblical Archaeology Today, 1990.  Proceedings of the Second International Congress on Biblical Archaeology, Jerusalem, July 1990.  Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society.

1994a          AThe Silence of the Text: An Archaeological Commentary on 2 Kings 23.@ Pp. 143-68 in Scripture and Other Artifacts: Essays on the Bible and Archaeology in Honor of Philip J. King, eds. M.D. Coogan, J.C. Exum, and L.E. Stager.  Louisville: Westminster/John Knox Press.

1994b          AArchaeology, Texts, and History-Writing: Toward an Epistemology.@  Pp. 105-117 in Uncovering Ancient Stones: Essays in Memory of H. Neil Richardson, ed. L.M. Hopfe.  Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns.

1994c          AAncient Israelite Religion: How to Reconcile the Differing Textual and Artifactual Portraits?@  Pp. 105-125 in Ein Gott allein? JHWH-Verehrung und biblischer Monotheismus im Kontext der israelitischen und altorientalischen Religionsgeschichte, eds. W. Dietrich and M.A. Klopfenstein.  Freiburg: University of Freiburg.

1994d          AFrom Tribe to Nation: A Critique of State Formation Processes in Ancient Israel,@  Pp. 213-238 in Nouve fondazioni nel Vicino Oriente Antico: realtà ed ideologia, ed. S. Mazzoni.  Pisa: University of Pisa.

1995a          ASocial Structure in the Early Bronze IV Period in Palestine,@ and ASocial Structure in Palestine in the Iron II Period on the Eve of Destruction.@ Pp. 282-296 and pp. 416-431 in The Archaeology of Society in the Holy Land, ed. T.E. Levy.  Leicester: Leicester University Press.

1995b          AOrienting the Study of Trade in Near Eastern Archaeology,@ in Recent Excavations in Israel: A View to the West, ed. S. Gitin.  Dubuque, IO: Kendall/Hunt Publishing.

1996a          AThe Tell: Microcosm of the Cultural Process.@  Pp. 37-45 in Retrieving the Past. Essays on Archaeological Research and Methodology in Honor of Gus W. Van Beek, ed. J.D. Seger.  Mississippi State: Cobb Institute of Archaeology.

1996b          AThe Importance of Research Design.@  Pp. 37-48 in Archaeology=s Publication Problem, ed. H. Shanks.  Washington: Biblical Archaeology Society.

1996c          AIdalion, Cyprus: Conquest and Continuity.@  Pp. 85-113 in Preliminary Excavation Reports: Sardis, Idalion, and Tell el-Handaquq North, ed. W.G. Dever.  In Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research 53.  Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns (with P. Gaber).

1996d          AArchaeology and the Religions of Israel: A Review Article.@  Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 301: 83-90.

1997a          APhilology, Theology, and Archaeology.  What Kind of History Do We want, and What is Possible?@  Pp. 290-310 in The Archaeology of Israel. Constructing the Past, Interpreting the Present, eds. N.A. Silberman and D. Small.  Sheffield:  Sheffield Academic Press.

1997b          AArchaeology, Urbanism, and the Rise of the Israelite State.@  Pp. 172-193 in W.E. Aufrecht, N.A. Mirau, and S.W. Gauley, eds., Aspects of Urbanism in Antiquity: From Mesopotamia to Crete.  Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press.

1997c          ANew Archaeological Data and Hypotheses on the Origins of Ancient Israel.@  Pp. 20-50 in Archaeology and Biblical Interpretation, ed. J.R. Bartlett.  London: Routledge.

1997d          AChronology and Settlement Patterns of Palestine in the Middle Bronze Age.@  Pp. 285-301 in The Hyksos: New Historical and Archaeology Perspectives, ed. E. Oren.  Philadelphia:  University Museum, 1997.

1997e          AOn Listening to the Texts--And the Artifacts.@  Pp. 1-23 in The Echoes of Many Texts: Reflections on Jewish and Christian Traditions:  Essays in Honor of Lou H. Silberman, eds. W.G. Dever and J.E. Wright.  Atlanta: Scholars Press.

1997f           AIs There Any Archaeological Evidence for the Exodus?@  Pp. 67-83 in Exodus: the Egyptian Evidence, eds. E.S. Frerichs and L.H. Lekco.  Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns.

1997g          AArchaeology and the >Age of Solomon=: A Case-Study in Archaeology and Historiography.@ Pp. 217-251 in The Age of Solomon: Scholarship at the Turn of the Millennium, ed. L.K. Handy.  Leiden: E.J. Brill.

1997h          AFolk Religion in Early Israel: Did Yahweh Have a Consort?@  Pp. 27-56 in Aspects of Monotheism: How God is One, ed. H. Shanks.  Washington: Biblical Archaeology Society.

1997i           AHurrian Incursions and the End of the Middle Bronze Age in Syria-Palestine: A Rejoinder to Nadav Na=aman.@ Pp. 91-110 in Ancient Egyptian and Mediterranean Studies in Memory of William A. Ward, ed. L.H. Lesko.  Providence:  Brown University Press.

1998a          AIsraelite Origins and the >Nomadic Ideal=:  Can Archaeology Separate Fact from Fiction.@ Pp. 220-237 in Mediterranean Peoples in Transition: Thirteenth to Early Tenth Centuries B.C.E., eds. S. Gitin, A. Mazar and E. Stern.  Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society, 1998.

1998b          AWhat Did the Biblical Writers Know, and When Did They Know It?@  Pp. 241-257 in Hesed ve-Emet: Studies in Honor of Ernest S. Frerichs, eds. J. Magness and S. Gitin.  Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1998.

1999a          ACan ‘Biblical Archaeology’ be an Academic and Professional Discipline?@  Pp.11-22 in Archaeology, History and Culture in Palestine and the Near East, ed. T. Kapitan.  Atlanta: Scholars Press.

1999b          “Making Final Publication Reports Useful.” Pp. 15-28 in Archaeology’s Publication Problem, ed. H. Shanks. Washington Biblical Archaeology Society.

1999c          “American Palestinian and Biblical Archaeology: End of an Era?”
 Pp. 91-102 in Assembling the Past: Studies in the Professionalization of Archaeology, eds. A.B. Kehoe and M.B. Emmerichs. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press.

2000a          “Nelson Glueck and the other Half of the Holy Land.” Pp. 141-121 in The Archaeology

of Jordan and Beyond, eds. L.E. Stager, J.A. Greene, and M.D. Coogan. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns.

2000b          “The Case of Ancient Israel: Unique or Not?” Pp. 63-67 in The Breakout: The Origins of Civilizations, eds. C.C. and M. Lamberg-Karlovksky. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.

2000c          “Imagining Ancient Israel: Archaeology, Social History, and the Sociology of Knowledge.” Pp. 323-331 in Proceedings of the First International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East., P. Mathiae, A. Enea, L. Peyronel, and F. Pinnock.  Rome: University of Rome.

2001a          “The Silver Trail: Response to the Papers of E. Stern and S. Gitin.” Pp. 49-51 in Hacksilber to Coinage: New Insight Into Monetary History of the Near East and Greece, ed. M.S. Balmoth. New York: American Numismatic Society.

2001b          AIron Age Kernoi and the Ancient Israelite Cult.@ Pp 119-134 in Studies in the Archaeology of Israel and Neighboring Lands in Memory of D.L. Esse, ed. S.R. Wolff.  Chicago: University of Chicago. 

2001c          “Were there Temples in Ancient Israel?” Text, Artifact and Image: Revealing Ancient Israelite Religion, ed. T. Lewis. Philadelphia: University Museum.

2001d          “Why the Biblical and Archaeological ‘Revisionists’ Are Wrong—And Why We Should be Concerned.” From Canaan to Ancient Israel, ed. B. Routledge. Philadelphia: University Museum.

2001e          “Kathleen Kenyon (1900-1978).” Women in Archaeology: The Classical World and the Near East, eds. G. Cohen and M.S. Joukowsky. Los Angeles: UCLA Press.

2001f           “The Middle Bronze Age in Palestine: Zenith of the Urban Canaanite Era.” A Reader in Palestinian Archaeology, ed. D.L. Hopkins. Boston: American Schools of Oriental Research.

2001g          “Syro-Palestinian Archaeology and the Hebrew Bible.” Jacob and the Angel: Mormon Readers and the Old Testament, ed. M. Thomas.

2001h          “Archaeology and the Emergence of Israel in History.” Modern Scholarship and the Early History of the Jewish People, ed. J. Lassner.

2001i           “The Rural Landscape of Palestine in the Early Bronze IV Period.” The Rural Landscape of Ancient Israel, ed. A. Meier. Ramat Gan: Bar-Ilan University.

2001j           “Archaeology and State Development in Ancient Israel and Judah: Why the ‘Revisionists’ Are Wrong.” Proceedings of the Rachel and Max Javit Symposium in Biblical History, ed. J. Rosenbaum. Hartford: University of Hartford.

2001k          “Archaeology and the History of Israel”; “Biblical and Syro-Palestinian Archaeology”; “Archaeology, the Israelite Monarchy, and the Solomonic Temple”.  Pp.  119-126; 127-147; 186-206 in The Blackwell Companion to the Hebrew Bible, ed. L.G. Perdue.  Oxford: Blackwell Publisher.

2001m         “Did Yahweh Have a Face? Archaeology and Ancient Israelite Historiography.” Proceedings of the Second International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East. Copenhagen: University of Copenhagen.

2001n          “Theology, Philology, and Archaeology in the Pursuit of Ancient Israelite Religion.” Sacred Time, Sacred Place: Archaeology and the Religion of Israel, ed. B.M. Gittlen. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns.

2001o          “David, Solomon, and the United Monarchy.” In Search of Pre-Exilic Israel, ed.  J. Day. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

2001p          “Ethnicity and the Archaeological Record: The Case of Early Israel.” The Eric M. Meyers Festschrift.

2001q          “Patriarchs and Matriarchs of Ancient Israel.”  A Future of the Past:  One Century of ASOR Discoveries in the Ancient Near East, eds. D. Clark and V-Matthews.

 

C.                Articles (more than 150 dictionaries or encyclopedias from 1967-2001; all in refereed journals or by invitation)

 

D.  Substantive Reviews (more than 60; all invited, refereed)