A professor of Biblical studies at the University of Sheffield, in England, Philip R. Davies (“What Separates a Minimalist from a Maximalist? Not Much”) is editor of the Journal for the Study of the Old Testament and the author of over 50 articles and numerous books on the Hebrew Bible and ancient Israel, including A Tribute to Geza Vermes (JSOT Press, 1990).
William Dever (“Save Us from Postmodern Malarkey”) is professor of Near Eastern archaeology and anthropology at the University of Arizona. From 1971 to 1975 he was director of the William F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem. Dever directed excavations at the Biblical site of Tel Gezer for six consecutive seasons from 1966 to 1971 and again in 1984. His publications include Recent Archaeological Discoveries and Biblical Research (Univ. of Washington Press, 1990).
Amihai Mazar (“Will Tel Rehov Save the United Monarchy?”) holds the Eleazar Sukenik Chair in the Archaeology of Israel at Hebrew University. He has directed scores of archaeological projects in the Near East and has written or co-written five books and over 50 articles on Biblical archaeology. Co-author John Camp, the generous sponsor of excavations at Rehov, is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and fiction author with 14 thrillers to his credit. His next book, Easy Prey, will be on bookshelves this May.
A professor emeritus in the department of physics at Hebrew University, Asher S. Kaufman (“Kaufman Responds to Jacobson”) was educated at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. His interests include investigating whether the remains of sacrificial blood can be detected by physico-chemical methods. In “Where the Ancient Temple of Jerusalem Once Stood,”BAR 09:02, Kaufman contended that the First and Second Temples were actually located about 330 feet north of the Dome of the Rock.
Leen Ritmeyer (“Ritmeyer Responds to Jacobson”) has worked as an archaeological architect on Jerusalem’s major digs, including the Temple Mount, the Jewish Quarter, the Citadel and the City of David. He also directed the restoration of the Byzantine Cardo and the Herodian villas in the Jewish Quarter in the Old City of Jerusalem. The co-author, with his wife Kathleen Ritmeyer, of Secrets of Jerusalem’s Temple Mount (BAS, 1998), Ritmeyer previously wrote “Locating the Original Temple Mount,”BAR 18:02 and “Akeldama—Potter’s Field or High Priest’s Tomb?”BAR 20:06.
A professor of Biblical studies at the University of Sheffield, in England, Philip R. Davies (“What Separates a Minimalist from a Maximalist? Not Much”) is editor of the Journal for the Study of the Old Testament and the author of over 50 articles and numerous books on the Hebrew Bible and ancient Israel, including A Tribute to Geza Vermes (JSOT Press, 1990). William Dever (“Save Us from Postmodern Malarkey”) is professor of Near Eastern archaeology and anthropology at the University of Arizona. From 1971 to 1975 he was director of the William F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in […]
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