Tel Aviv University archaeology professor Israel Finkelstein has been named a co-recipient of the 2005 Dan David prize. The prize is worth one million dollars and is sponsored by Israel’s Dan David Foundation, which has been awarding it since 2002 to honor scholars who have made major contributions to their fields. The Dan David Foundation made the award to recognize Finkelstein’s extensive scholarly contributions to a broad range of topics in the archaeology of ancient Israel, his efforts at integrating archaeology with other academic fields and his controversial revision of the history of Iron Age Israel (1200–586 B.C.). Finkelstein […]
