Elements in The Archaeology of Ancient Israel

The archaeology of ancient Israel is among the oldest historical archaeologies in practice. In-depth study of the southern Levant from the end of the Bronze Age to the coming of Alexander is made possible through the integration of archaeological, textual, and iconographic sources. These investigations continue to offer new insights into the world of ancient Israel, Judah, and their neighbors, exposing various aspects of the texts that have served as the principal basis for understanding them. Multi-disciplinary approaches that integrate improved readings of biblical texts, new recovery techniques, pioneering scientific analyses, and advances in identity studies have dramatically changed the questions asked and the findings that follow. These developments require both updating traditional interpretations but also compel us to seek to reconstruct perspectives that are not reflected in surviving written traditions. The Archaeology of Ancient Israel offers a collection of volumes that embody these developments, providing readers with the most up-to-date assessments of a wide range of related subjects.

Series Editors:

Aaron Burke Professor of the Archaeology of Ancient Israel and the Levant, and the Kershaw Chair of the Ancient Eastern Mediterranean Studies in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles, and member of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology. His research and teaching interests center on the social history of the Levant and Eastern Mediterranean during the Bronze and Iron Ages at the intersections of the study of archaeology, iconography, and texts, including the Hebrew Bible. He has conducted excavations in Jaffa and Tel Dan in Israel.

Jeremy D. Smoak Senior Lecturer in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he teaches on Hebrew Bible, the history of ancient Israel, and Semitic languages. He is the author of The Priestly Blessing in Inscription and Scripture: The Early History of Numbers 6:24-26 (Oxford University Press, 2016). He has also published a variety of articles in journals related to archaeology and biblical studies. He has participated in several excavations in Israel and traveled extensively throughout the eastern Mediterranean.

If you would like more information about this series, please email: aaburke@ucla.edu and smoak@ucla.edu

Editorial Advisory Board

Angelika Berlejung, Leipzig University

Andrew Danielson, Harvard University

Marian Feldman, The John Hopkins University

Jonathan S. Greer, Grand Valley State University

Rachel Hallote, Purchase College

Ido Koch, Tel Aviv University

Lauren Monroe, Cornell University

Stefan Münger, University of Bern

Benjamin Porter, The University of California, Berkeley

J. David Schloen, The University of Chicago

Juan Manuel Tebes, Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina

Naama Yahalom-Mack, Hebrew University