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BAR Tour Will Attend Jerusalem Congress on Biblical Archaeology

The response to our announcement in the last issue that the April 1984 BAR tour will include attendance at the International Biblical Archaeology Congress in Jerusalem has been surprisingly heavy. If you have not yet requested additional information about this exciting tour, fill out and return the coupon. In the meantime, we list below the schedule of the Congress and the world famous scholars who will be participating.

International Congress on Biblical Archaeology Marking the 70th Anniversary of the Israel Exploration Society

Jerusalem, April 15, 1984

Organized by: the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the Israel Exploration Society

Provisional Program

Sunday, April 1, 8 p.m.

Opening Ceremony

Chairman: E. E. Urbach, President, Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities

Greetings: H. E. President of Israel

The Mayor of Jerusalem

Session I: Biblical Archaeology Today

F. M. Cross: The Biblical Aspect

B. Mazar: The Historical Aspect

Y. Yadin: The Archaeological Aspect

Monday, April 2, 9 a.m.–1 p.m.

Session II: Archaeology, History and Bible—The Israelite Settlement in Canaan—A Case Study

Chairman: D. N. Freedman

N. K. Gottwald: The Israelite Settlement as a Social Revolutionary Movement

S. Herrmann: Basic Factors of Israelite Settlement in Canaan, Exemplified by Joshua 9 and Judges 1

M. Kochavi: The Israelite Settlement in the Light of Archaeological Surveys

A. Mazar: The Israelite Settlement in the Light of Archaeological Excavation

Respondents: J. A. Callaway, Y. Finkelstein, L. E. Stager, M. Weippert

3 p.m.–7 p.m.

Session III: Stratigraphy, Chronology And Terminology

Chairman: A. Biran

S. Gitin: Stratigraphy and Its Application to Chronology and Terminology

M. Dothan: Nomenclature for the Archaeology of the Biblical Periods

R. Amiran: The Transition from the Chalcolithic to the Early Bronze Age

W. G. Dever: From the End of the Early Bronze to the Beginning of the Middle Bronze

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Respondents: A. Ben-Tor, P. de Miroschedji, R. Gophna, A. Kempinski, P. R. S. Moorey, D. Ussishkin, G. Van Beek

Evening

Reception at the Residence of H. E. The President of the State of Israel

Address by Thorkild Jacobsen: The Temple in Sumerian Literature

Tuesday, April 3, 9 a.m.–1 p.m.

Session IV: Israel’s Neighbors During The Iron Age In The Light Of Archaeological Research

Chairman: R. D. Barnett

T. Dothan: The Philistine Problem Reconsidered: Greek Contacts with the Eastern Mediterranean

J. D. Muhly: Phoenicia and the Phoenicians

D. B. Redford: The Relations Between Egypt and Israel from El-Amarna to the Babylonian Conquest

J. A. Sauer: Amon, Moab and Edom

(to be announced): Aramaean and Neo-Hittite Art

Respondents: M. Bietak, E. D. Oren, E. Stern

3 p.m.–6 p.m.

Session V: Cuneiform Archives From The Lands Of The Bible

G. Pettinato: The Ebla Archive

A. Malamat: Mari and Early Israel

H. Cazelles: Ugarit and the Bible

H. Tadmor: Nineveh, Kalah and Israel

Respondents: R. Kutcher, A. Schaeffer

Evening

Reception by the President of The Hebrew University

Address by C. H. Gordon: The Ugaritic Texts: Half a Century of Research

Wednesday, April 4, 9 a.m.–1 p.m.

Session VI: Hebrew And Aramaic Epigraphy

A. R. Millard: An Assessment of the Evidence for Writing in Ancient Israel

A. Lemaire: The Balaam Inscription from Deir Alla—Epigraphical Aspects

B. Levine: The Balaam Inscription from Deir Alia—Historical Aspects

Respondents: A. Demsky, J. C. Greenfield, J. Naveh, A. Rofe, M. Weippert

3 p.m.–7 p.m.

Session VII: The Dead Sea Scrolls

Part I: The Halacha and the Dead Sea Scrolls

Chairman: R. Benoit, O.P.

L. H. Schiffman: Purity and Perfection: Exclusion from the Council of the Community in the Serekh ha-’Edah

J. Strugnell and E. Qimron: A Halachic Document from Qumran

Respondents: B. Wacholder, Y. Yadin

Part II: The Dead Sea Scrolls and Early Christianity

Chairman: H. M. Orlinsky

G. Vermes: The Historical Jesus in the Light of the Qumran Discoveries

D. Flusser: The Sons of Light in Jesus’s Teaching in the New Testament

Discussion

Evening

Reception at the Israel Museum by the Mayor of Jerusalem

Address by S. N. Kramer: Sumerian Mythology Reviewed and Revised

Thursday, April 5, 8 a.m.–1 p.m.

Visit the Jerusalem Excavations at City of David and Temple Mount

3 p.m.–7 p.m.

Session VIII: Revealing Biblical Jerusalem

Chairman: P. J. King

A. D. Tushingham: From Charles Warren to Kathleen Kenyon

N. Avigad: The Upper City

B. Mazar: The Temple Mount

Y. Shiloh: The City of David

Respondents: G. Barkay, R. Benoit, O.P., M. Broshi

Evening

Reception at the Knesset by the Prime Minister

Address by E. E. Urbach

Donors Thanked by Archaeologist Barkay

To the Editor:

Let me express in these few words my deep gratitude to the BAR readers for their generous contributions to our dig at the “Shoulder of Hinnom” in Jerusalem. Their generosity enabled us to take some important steps forward in the recording, processing, drawing, photographing, and analysis of the very rich material which was found in our excavations.

The short article in BAR [“The Divine Name Found in Jerusalem,” BAR 09:02] has generated much interest in these rich finds. I hope to write a more detailed article for BAR readers in the future. Any further contributions would be most welcome, as we have a lot more to do, and the site promises further surprising discoveries.

Addendum

In “Of Hems and Tassels,” BAR 09:03, drawings of hems and tassels depicted in art of the ancient Near East should have been credited to Stephen Bertman. They were first published in “Tasseled Garments in the Ancient East Mediterranean,” Biblical Archaeologist 24 (1961), pp. 119–128.

Jerusalem Mayor Avid BAR Reader

BAR sent Jerusalem mayor Teddy Kollek a complimentary subscription. Mayor Kollek’s reply is pictured below: