BARlines
070
Judges Announced
Fellner Awards to Honor Best Articles in BAR and Bible Review
Four distinguished judges have been selected for the fourth annual Fellner Awards. Sponsored by the Leopold and Clara M. Fellner Charitable Foundation, the awards honor the best two articles in BAR and in its companion magazine Bible Review in 1990. First-prize winners will each receive $500; runners-up will receive $250 apiece.
The judges for BAR are Norma Kershaw, now retired from the art history department at Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York, and John C. H. Laughlin, professor of religion at Averett College, Danville, Virginia. The judges for Bible Review will be announced in the June issue of Bible Review.
Kershaw serves on the governing boards of the American Schools of Oriental Research and the Archaeological Institute of America and on the editorial advisory board of BAR. She has excavated at Gezer and Aphek, in Israel, and at Salamis, in Cyprus.
Laughlin’s experience as a staff archaeologist at Tel Dan (1978–1980) led to his BAR article, “The Remarkable Discoveries at Tel Dan,” BAR 07:05. He served as area supervisor at Capernaum from 1981 through 1986. He is currently excavating at Banias (Caesarea Philippi) in northern Galilee.
The Fellner Foundation was established by Leopold and Clara Fellner to perpetuate the family name. The trustee of the foundation is Frederick L. Simmons, Esq., of Los Angeles. The winners of the fourth Fellner Awards will be announced in the next BAR and in the August Bible Review.
Beating the Ban
BAR and Bible Review Accepted for Distribution to Troops
Six thousand copies of BAR and 6,000 copies of Bible Review have been shipped to United States troops serving in the Persian Gulf. We hope that these magazines will help the troops pass the time as they await return home.
An earlier attempt to send BAR to the troops failed when censors banned the magazine because of Saudi religious restrictions (see
The generous contributions of BAR readers made this distribution possible by covering the cost of shipping.
Opportunity
Israeli Archaeology Curator Available for U.S. Lectures
Yaakov Meshorer, chief curator of archaeology at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem and distinguished numismatist, will be in New York City from September 1991 through January 1992 at the Jewish Theological Seminary.
He is available on some weekends to lecture on the following topics:
1. The Meaning of Ancient Jewish Symbols
2. Jewish History Through Jewish Coins
3. Jerusalem Through Coinage
4. History of the Menorah
5. The Fleur de Lis as a Jewish Symbol
6. New Light on the Samaritans
7. The Great Jewish Revolts Against Rome—As Seen with a Numismatist’s Eye
Using slides, Meshorer relates artifacts to ancient texts and history. He traces the evolution of decorative motifs, extracting their significance as embodiments of spirit and aspiration. Meshorer’s immense vitality, enthusiasm and breadth of knowledge are what set him apart, even in the world of outstanding scholars.
For more information, please phone Judith Wohlberg, BAS Educational Projects Manager, at 202–387-8888.
Museum Guide
Jordan Comes to Liverpool
“Jordan: Treasures from an Ancient Land,” an exhibit featuring more than 600 items of sculpture, pottery, jewelry, mosaics and costumes, will be on view from May 3 until November 3 at the Liverpool Museum, England.
Among the highlights of the exhibition are Neolithic statues more than 8,000 years old. Many of the objects come from two sites in Jordan: the famous rose-red city of Petra and Jerash (ancient Gerasa), a member of the Decapolis, or league of ten Hellenistic cities.
The exhibit has been organized by Dr. Piotr Bienkowski, curator of Egyptian and Near Eastern antiquities at the museum and author of “Jericho Was Destroyed in the Middle Bronze Age, Not the Late Bronze Age,” BAR 16:05. To coincide with the exhibit, Dr. Bienkowski has written Treasures from an Ancient Land: The Art of Jordan. The Liverpool Museum is on William Brown Street; telephone (4451) 207–0001, ext. 212.
New Journal
Ägypten und Levante Focuses on Current Work in Egypt
The first two volumes of a new Egyptological journal, featuring contributions in English and German by leading scholars, are available. Ägypten und Levante emphasizes interregional research concerning ancient Egypt, Syria, Israel and Cyprus. The journal aims to disseminate results of current excavations at Avaris, the capital of the mysterious Hyksos, and at Pi-Ramesses, the delta capital of Ramesses II. The archaeology of the Levant and Christian archaeology will also be covered. Among the papers in the first two volumes are a study of the god Seth at Avaris and at Baal-Zephon and a survey of current research on Egypt’s late predynastic period.
The journal is jointly produced by the Egyptian Commission of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Egyptology of the University of Vienna and the Cairo Department of the Archaeological Institute of Austria. For more information, write to: Institut für Ägyptologie der Universität Wien, Frankgasse 1, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.
Judges Announced
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.