Mohammad Najjar and Thomas E. Levy (“Condemned to the Mines,”) are codirectors of the Edom Lowlands Regional Archaeology Project at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Najjar was director of excavations at the Department of Antiquities of Jordan and is head (in Jordan) of “Discover Islamic Art,” a project sponsored by Euromed Heritage to create a virtual museum of Islamic art on the Internet. Levy is professor of anthropology and Judaic studies at UCSD, where he holds the Norma Kershaw Endowed Chair in the Archaeology of Ancient Israel and the Neighboring Lands. He specializes in the archaeology of the Levant and has done fieldwork in Jordan since 1997.
Rami Arav (“Excarnation: Food for Vultures,”) is professor of religion and philosophy at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and codirector of the excavation at Bethsaida north of the Sea of Galilee. He also led the John and Carol Merrill expedition to the Cave of Letters in the Judean cliffs west of the Dead Sea.
Arthur Segal and Michael Eisenberg (“Hercules in Galilee,”) are codirectors of the Hippos/Sussita Excavations under the auspices of the Zinman Institute of Archaeology at the University of Haifa, where Segal is also professor in the department of archaeology and institute director. Eisenberg completed his Ph.D. at the University of Haifa and is now project manager at the institute.
William W. Hallo (“The Origin of Israelite Sacrifice,”) is William M. Laffan Professor Emeritus of Assyriology and Babylonian Literature and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at Yale University and former curator of the Yale Babylonian Collection.
Mohammad Najjar and Thomas E. Levy (“Condemned to the Mines,”) are codirectors of the Edom Lowlands Regional Archaeology Project at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Najjar was director of excavations at the Department of Antiquities of Jordan and is head (in Jordan) of “Discover Islamic Art,” a project sponsored by Euromed Heritage to create a virtual museum of Islamic art on the Internet. Levy is professor of anthropology and Judaic studies at UCSD, where he holds the Norma Kershaw Endowed Chair in the Archaeology of Ancient Israel and the Neighboring Lands. He specializes in the archaeology of […]
You have already read your free article for this month. Please join the BAS Library or become an All Access member of BAS to gain full access to this article and so much more.