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Home > Magazines > BAR > November/December 2013

Apologies to the Israel Exploration Society (and Our Readers)


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Two paragraphs, as follows, were accidentally omitted from our write-up in the last issue (September/October, p. 14) on the Israel Exploration Society’s centennial celebration:

Over the years, the Society (which became the Israel Exploration Society after the creation of the state of Israel in 1948) organized or was a partner in most of the archaeological excavations carried out in the country. Especially important are three excavations conducted in Jerusalem after the 1967 Six-Day War: Benjamin Mazar’s excavation at the southern foot of the Temple Mount, Nahman Avigad’s excavation in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City and Yigal Shiloh’s excavation in the oldest part of Jerusalem, the City of David, a rocky spur south of the Temple Mount.

In a recent history of the Israel Exploration Society, authors Gabriel Barkay and Eli Schiller lament that the Society’s participation in archaeological excavations has been largely replaced by Israel’s universities. However, the Society continues “to play a key role in initiating and supporting archaeological projects.”

These two paragraphs should be inserted after the fifth paragraph. We greatly regret the error.—Ed.

Two paragraphs, as follows, were accidentally omitted from our write-up in the last issue (September/October, p. 14) on the Israel Exploration Society’s centennial celebration:

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