Footnote 9 – Whither ASOR?

According to Dever: “The ‘new archaeology’ was ignored or rejected by older American archaeologists, especially by those who considered themselves exclusively ‘biblical archaeologists’; by many European historical archaeologists working in the Middle East; and, more significantly, by the Israelis (who, however, adopted some of the more practical field techniques of the newer approach)” (Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 242, p. 16.).